EN 1.0599 Steel vs. S46500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.0599 steel and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0599 steel and the bottom bar is S46500 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
2.3 to 14 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 | |
550 to 890 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
75 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 390 | |
730 to 1120 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
1260 to 1930 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 440 | |
1120 to 1810 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
780 |
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 | 2.4 | |
15 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
3.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
51 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
120 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
43 to 210 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
44 to 68 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
33 to 44 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
44 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.010 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.22 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
11 to 12.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 96.1 to 98.4 | |
72.6 to 76.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
0.75 to 1.3 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
10.7 to 11.3 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
1.5 to 1.8 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
0 |