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S46910 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1049 Steel

Both S46910 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1049 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 1049 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 630
200 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.2 to 11
11 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 1020
250 to 400
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
72
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 1410
420 to 450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 2470
680 to 750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 2290
370 to 640

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
75 to 99
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 4780
370 to 1090
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 86
24 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 51
22 to 23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 84
22 to 24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.46 to 0.53
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 76
98.5 to 98.9
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