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S46910 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A372 Grade M Steel

Both S46910 stainless steel and ASTM A372 grade M steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A372 grade M steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 630
240 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.2 to 11
18 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 1020
450 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 1410
510 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 2470
810 to 910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 2290
660 to 770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
450
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
61

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
3.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 48 to 130
160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 4780
1140 to 1580
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 86
29 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 51
24 to 27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 84
24 to 27

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
1.5 to 2.0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 76
92.5 to 95.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 5.0
0.4 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
2.8 to 3.9
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 1.2
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080

Comparable Variants