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EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4592 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and EN 1.4592 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% 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 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4592 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
210
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 320
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
82
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 570
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
550
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
18
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
52
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
43
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 800
610
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
28 to 30
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.5
62.6 to 68.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
3.5 to 4.5
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 13
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.045
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.8