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S46500 Stainless Steel vs. Monel 400

S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Monel 400 belongs to the nickel alloys. 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 Monel 400.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
160
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 14
20 to 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 550 to 890
230 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
62
Shear Strength, MPa 730 to 1120
370 to 490
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
540 to 780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1120 to 1810
210 to 590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 780
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1350
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1300
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
430
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
50
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
7.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
250

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 43 to 210
140 to 180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
10
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
21
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
17 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
17 to 21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
17 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.3
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
28 to 34
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 76.1
0 to 2.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10.7 to 11.3
63 to 72
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.024
Titanium (Ti), % 1.5 to 1.8
0

Comparable Variants