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EN 1.4460 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4460 stainless steel and EN 1.4646 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 21
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
340
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 83
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Shear Strength, MPa 470
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 510
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
13
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 25 to 28
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 60.2 to 69.2
59 to 67.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
10.5 to 12.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.3 to 2.0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
3.5 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015