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S46910 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316L Stainless Steel

Both S46910 stainless steel and AISI 316L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 630
170 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.2 to 11
9.0 to 50
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 1020
170 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
78
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 1410
370 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 2470
530 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 2290
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 540
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
19
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 48 to 130
77 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 4780
93 to 1880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 86
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 51
18 to 31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 84
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 76
62 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 5.0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 1.2
0

Comparable Variants