S46910 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel Beryllium 360
S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 20 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 nickel beryllium 360.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 1.0 to 30 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 260 to 710 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
| 510 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 780 to 1860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 380 to 1590 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1330 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 12 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 360 to 3440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 26 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 23 to 41 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 19 to 46 |