EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4006 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4104 stainless steel and EN 1.4006 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4104 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4006 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 23 | |
| 16 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 310 | |
| 150 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 450 | |
| 370 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 750 | |
| 590 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 560 | |
| 230 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.5 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 120 | |
| 99 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 800 | |
| 140 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 21 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.17 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.8 to 84.1 | |
| 83.1 to 88.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |