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EN 1.4466 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4466 stainless steel and EN 1.4526 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4466 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4526 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 42
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Shear Strength, MPa 440
340
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 640
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 28
13
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.0
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 70
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 35
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 45.6 to 52.9
77.4 to 83.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0.8 to 1.4
Nickel (Ni), % 21 to 23
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
0 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015