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EN 1.0234 Steel vs. EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.0234 steel and EN 1.4646 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% 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 EN 1.0234 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 100 to 140
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 29
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 270
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 260 to 300
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350 to 480
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 410
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
13
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 36 to 130
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 440
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12 to 17
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 17
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 15
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.020 to 0.060
0
Carbon (C), % 0.13 to 0.17
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 99.02 to 99.5
59 to 67.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.35 to 0.6
10.5 to 12.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015