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EN 1.4416 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1046 Steel

Both EN 1.4416 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1046 steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4416 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1046 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
190 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
14 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
240 to 390
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
660 to 740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210
370 to 610

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
11
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
1.8
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 79
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
91 to 95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
360 to 990
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
23 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
22 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
23 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.43 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
0
Iron (Fe), % 45.2 to 52.4
98.4 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.7 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.5 to 5.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 26
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.12 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.050