EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4421 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4606 stainless steel and EN 1.4421 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4421 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 420 | |
| 380 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 1020 | |
| 880 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 630 | |
| 620 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 770 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 36 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 120 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 1010 | |
| 960 to 2270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 31 to 39 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 31 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 16 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.2 to 59 | |
| 74.4 to 80.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 4.0 to 5.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |