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EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4606 stainless steel and EN 1.4596 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 1.4606 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 1020
1030 to 1600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 770
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 26
15
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.0
3.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 87
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 36
36 to 56
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 28
29 to 39
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 35
35 to 54

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.35
0.8 to 1.1
Boron (B), % 0.0010 to 0.010
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 16
11.5 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 49.2 to 59
73.4 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.0 to 1.5
1.9 to 2.2
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 27
9.2 to 10.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 1.9 to 2.3
0.28 to 0.4
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.5
0

Comparable Variants