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S46910 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1040 Steel

Both S46910 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1040 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1040 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 630
160 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.2 to 11
13 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 1020
220 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 1410
350 to 390
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 2470
570 to 640
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 2290
320 to 530

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
12

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
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 48 to 130
79 to 96
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 4780
270 to 760
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 86
20 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 51
19 to 21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 84
18 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.37 to 0.44
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 76
98.6 to 99.03
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.6 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 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 1.2
0

Comparable Variants