EN 1.4594 Stainless Steel vs. R30556 Alloy
Both EN 1.4594 stainless steel and R30556 alloy are iron alloys. They have 51% 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 R30556 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 490 to 620 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 81 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 620 to 700 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 to 1170 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 810 to 1140 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 450 | |
| 450 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 1.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 1.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 40 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 290 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1660 to 3320 | |
| 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 41 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 31 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 34 to 39 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 15 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 79.5 | |
| 20.4 to 38.2 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0 | |
| 0.0050 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 19 to 22.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.3 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.1 |