S46910 Stainless Steel vs. AWS E308H
Both S46910 stainless steel and AWS E308H are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS E308H.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 62.9 to 72.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |