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S46800 Stainless Steel vs. S30600 Stainless Steel

Both S46800 stainless steel and S30600 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S30600 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 25
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 300
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
350
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 500
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 23
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.8
2.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.1
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.018
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
17 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 76.5 to 81.8
58.9 to 65.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
14 to 15.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.6
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
3.7 to 4.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0.070 to 0.3
0