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S46500 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI M44 Steel

Both S46500 stainless steel and SAE-AISI M44 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 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 SAE-AISI M44 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
870 to 2290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1590
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1540
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
440
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
43
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
9.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
35
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
28 to 75
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
24 to 46
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
27 to 70

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
1.1 to 1.2
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
4.0 to 4.8
Cobalt (Co), % 0
11 to 12.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 76.1
65.3 to 70.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.25
0.2 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.3
6.0 to 7.0
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
0.3 to 0.55
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 1.5 to 1.8
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
5.0 to 5.8
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.9 to 2.2

Comparable Variants