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EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI T5 Steel

Both EN 1.4606 stainless steel and SAE-AISI T5 steel are iron alloys. They have 61% 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 SAE-AISI T5 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 1020
860 to 2140

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1810
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1750
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
410
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 26
60
Density, g/cm3 7.9
9.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.0
11
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 87
170
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
37
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
21
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 36
25 to 63
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 28
21 to 39
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
5.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 35
26 to 66

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.35
0
Boron (B), % 0.0010 to 0.010
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.75 to 0.85
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 16
3.8 to 5.0
Cobalt (Co), % 0
7.0 to 9.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 49.2 to 59
60.6 to 68.3
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 2.0
0.2 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.0 to 1.5
0.5 to 1.3
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 27
0 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 1.9 to 2.3
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
17.5 to 19
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.5
1.8 to 2.4