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S46500 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel Beryllium 360

S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel beryllium 360.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 14
1.0 to 30
Fatigue Strength, MPa 550 to 890
260 to 710
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Shear Strength, MPa 730 to 1120
510 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
780 to 1860
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1120 to 1810
380 to 1590

Thermal Properties

Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1330
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1200
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.3

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 43 to 210
12 to 190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
26 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
23 to 41
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
19 to 46

Comparable Variants