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EN 1.4595 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4595 stainless steel and EN 1.4606 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4595 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, % 29
23 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180
240 to 420
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
75
Shear Strength, MPa 310
410 to 640
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
600 to 1020
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
280 to 630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
770
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
26
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
6.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 34
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
190 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
200 to 1010
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
21 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
20 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
21 to 35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.35
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
13 to 16
Iron (Fe), % 81.3 to 85.8
49.2 to 59
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
1.0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
24 to 27
Niobium (Nb), % 0.2 to 0.6
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
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
1.9 to 2.3
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.5