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AISI 446 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 446 stainless steel and EN 1.4646 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 AISI 446 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 23
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Shear Strength, MPa 360
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 570
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1180
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
13
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 27
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 27
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 69.2 to 77
59 to 67.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
10.5 to 12.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
3.5 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.25
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015