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EN 1.4411 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4411 stainless steel and EN 1.4646 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.4411 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 17
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370
340
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 68
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 870
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 600
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 22
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 920
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 28
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 73.1 to 79.5
59 to 67.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
10.5 to 12.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 6.0
3.5 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015