EN 1.4594 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0456 Steel
Both EN 1.4594 stainless steel and EN 1.0456 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% 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 1.4594 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0456 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 490 to 620 | |
| 210 to 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 620 to 700 | |
| 270 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 to 1170 | |
| 420 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 810 to 1140 | |
| 290 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 93 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1660 to 3320 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 41 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 31 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 34 to 39 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 15 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 79.5 | |
| 96.7 to 99.48 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |