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EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4547 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4606 stainless steel and EN 1.4547 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4547 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 23 to 39
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 420
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
80
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 640
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 1020
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280 to 630
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 770
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
2.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
2.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 26
28
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.0
5.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 87
75
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
190

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
45
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190 to 200
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 1010
290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 36
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 28
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
3.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 35
16

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 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 16
19.5 to 20.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.5 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 49.2 to 59
51 to 56.3
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.0 to 1.5
6.0 to 7.0
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 27
17.5 to 18.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.18 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 1.9 to 2.3
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.5
0