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EN 1.4307 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4806 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4307 stainless steel and EN 1.4806 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4307 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4806 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 270
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
6.8
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 320
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 900
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200 to 570
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
320
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
31
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
5.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
190

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 210
27
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100 to 810
160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
3.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
11

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.3 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
40.4 to 48.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
34 to 36
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030