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S46910 Stainless Steel vs. Grade FDC Steel

Both S46910 stainless steel and grade FDC 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 grade FDC steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 630
510
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 2470
1680

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
1.9
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
47

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 86
60
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 51
40
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 84
50

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.6 to 0.75
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.5
0 to 0.12
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 76
98 to 99.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 1.2
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
0.1 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 1.2
0