MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4594 Stainless Steel vs. N08926 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4594 stainless steel and N08926 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4594 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N08926 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 17
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 490 to 620
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
80
Shear Strength, MPa 620 to 700
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1020 to 1170
740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 810 to 1140
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 820
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
33
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
84
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
45
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1660 to 3320
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 41
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 31
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 34 to 39
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 15
19 to 21
Copper (Cu), % 1.2 to 2.0
0.5 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 79.5
41.7 to 50.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.2 to 2.0
6.0 to 7.0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
24 to 26
Niobium (Nb), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010