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EN 1.3558 Steel vs. EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3558 steel and EN 1.4596 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3558 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770
1030 to 1600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 240
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 490
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1810
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1760
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 410
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 45
15
Density, g/cm3 9.3
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
3.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 90
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 35
19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 12
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 21
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
36 to 56
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
29 to 39
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
35 to 54

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.8 to 1.1
Carbon (C), % 0.7 to 0.8
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
11.5 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 73.7 to 77.6
73.4 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.6
1.9 to 2.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
9.2 to 10.2
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
0.28 to 0.4
Tungsten (W), % 17.5 to 19
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.0 to 1.3
0