S46500 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI D2 Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and SAE-AISI D2 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 D2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 5.0 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 310 to 860 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 460 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 760 to 2000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 470 to 1510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 92 to 100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 27 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 24 to 46 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 25 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 81.3 to 86.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| 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 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.1 |