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EN 1.4029 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4029 stainless steel and EN 1.4596 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 1.4029 stainless 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 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 930
1030 to 1600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 750
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 14
19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 33
36 to 56
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 27
29 to 39
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26 to 34
35 to 54

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.8 to 1.1
Carbon (C), % 0.25 to 0.32
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 13.5
11.5 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 82.8 to 87.6
73.4 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
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 0.040
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.25
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.28 to 0.4