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EN 1.0259 Steel vs. EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.0259 steel and EN 1.4596 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0259 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
1030 to 1600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
130

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
36 to 56
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
29 to 39
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
35 to 54

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.020 to 0.2
0.8 to 1.1
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
11.5 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 96.7 to 99.98
73.4 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.4
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.080
1.9 to 2.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
9.2 to 10.2
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.010
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.040
0.28 to 0.4
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.020
0