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S46500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8873 Steel

Both S46500 stainless steel and EN 1.8873 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8873 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 14
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 550 to 890
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Shear Strength, MPa 730 to 1120
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1120 to 1810
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 780
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
3.2
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 43 to 210
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
19

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 76.1
93.6 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.3
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 10.7 to 11.3
0 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 1.5 to 1.8
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15