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EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4568 stainless steel and EN 1.4612 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 1.4568 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 21
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 670
860 to 950
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
76
Shear Strength, MPa 520 to 930
1010 to 1110
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830 to 1620
1690 to 1850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330 to 1490
1570 to 1730

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
16
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 40
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 36 to 140
190 to 210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 58
60 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 40
40 to 43
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 46
58 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.7 to 1.5
1.4 to 1.8
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.090
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
11 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 70.9 to 76.8
71.5 to 75.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.8 to 2.3
Nickel (Ni), % 6.5 to 7.8
10.2 to 11.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 0.5

Comparable Variants