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EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4596 stainless steel and EN 1.4962 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 EN 1.4962 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 1600
630 to 690

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
510
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 790
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1440
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
23
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
21
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 56
21 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
20 to 21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35 to 54
14 to 16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.1
0
Boron (B), % 0
0.0015 to 0.0060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0.070 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 12.5
15.5 to 17.5
Iron (Fe), % 73.4 to 76.4
62.1 to 69
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.9 to 2.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 9.2 to 10.2
12.5 to 14.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0.28 to 0.4
0.4 to 0.7
Tungsten (W), % 0
2.5 to 3.0

Comparable Variants