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EN 1.4530 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI S6 Steel

Both EN 1.4530 stainless steel and SAE-AISI S6 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 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 1.4530 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI S6 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 1370
670 to 1920

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
3.2
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
33
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
56

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
2.7
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 48
24 to 70
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 35
22 to 45
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35 to 47
22 to 64

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.6 to 0.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0.4 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 12.5
1.2 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 74.4 to 77.3
92.8 to 94.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
1.2 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.9 to 2.2
0.3 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.5 to 9.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
2.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.28 to 0.37
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.4