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S46910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6311 Steel

Both S46910 stainless steel and EN 1.6311 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 EN 1.6311 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 630
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.2 to 11
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 1020
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 1410
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 2470
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 2290
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
410
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
2.9
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
51

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
2.1
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 48 to 130
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 4780
650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 86
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 51
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 84
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.15 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.5
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 76
95.9 to 98
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
1.0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 5.0
0.45 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0.4 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.012
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.035
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 1.2
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.020