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EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel vs. AWS E409Nb

Both EN 1.4596 stainless steel and AWS E409Nb are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS E409Nb.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 1600
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
13
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
14
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 56
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35 to 54
14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 12.5
11 to 14
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.75
Iron (Fe), % 73.4 to 76.4
80.2 to 88.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.9 to 2.2
0 to 0.75
Nickel (Ni), % 9.2 to 10.2
0 to 0.6
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.5 to 1.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.28 to 0.4
0