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EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4541 stainless steel and EN 1.4606 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4541 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
23 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 330
240 to 420
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
410 to 640
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
600 to 1020
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
280 to 630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 480
770
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
26
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
6.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
190 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 830
200 to 1010
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
21 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
20 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
21 to 35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.35
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
13 to 16
Iron (Fe), % 65.2 to 74
49.2 to 59
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
1.0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
24 to 27
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.7
1.9 to 2.3
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.5

Comparable Variants