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S46910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5511 Steel

Both S46910 stainless steel and EN 1.5511 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5511 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 630
150 to 170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 2470
490 to 580

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
400
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
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
46

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 86
17 to 20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 51
18 to 20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 84
15 to 17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.5
0.020 to 0.060
Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.32 to 0.39
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 76
98.3 to 99.159
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 1.2
0

Comparable Variants