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EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0446 Cast Steel

Both EN 1.4612 stainless steel and EN 1.0446 cast steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0446 cast steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 860 to 950
200
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 11 to 22
31
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1690 to 1850
530
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1570 to 1730
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 790
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
1.7
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190 to 210
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60 to 65
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40 to 43
18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 58 to 63
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.4 to 1.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 71.5 to 75.5
99.935 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.8 to 2.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10.2 to 11.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 0.5
0