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S46910 Stainless Steel vs. Grade VDSiCrV Steel

Both S46910 stainless steel and grade VDSiCrV steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 VDSiCrV steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 630
630
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
2100

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
50

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 86
75
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 51
47
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 84
63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.5 to 0.7
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
0.5 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.5
0 to 0.060
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 76
96.1 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
1.2 to 1.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 1.2
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.25