MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AISI 446 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0034 Steel

Both AISI 446 stainless steel and EN 1.0034 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 446 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0034 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
97 to 110
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
9.0 to 32
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
140 to 170
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 360
220 to 230
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 570
340 to 380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
180 to 280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1180
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
53
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
8.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
31 to 95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
84 to 210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
12 to 13
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
14 to 15
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
11 to 12

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 27
0
Iron (Fe), % 69.2 to 77
98.7 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045