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S46500 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI A6 Steel

Both S46500 stainless steel and SAE-AISI A6 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI A6 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
750 to 1990

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
57

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
4.8
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
27 to 71
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
23 to 45
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
25 to 65

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.65 to 0.75
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0.9 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 76.1
93 to 95.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.25
1.8 to 2.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.3
0.9 to 1.4
Nickel (Ni), % 10.7 to 11.3
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 1.5 to 1.8
0

Comparable Variants