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EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3559 Steel

Both EN 1.4612 stainless steel and EN 1.3559 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, 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 1.3559 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1690 to 1850
500 to 1420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 790
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
2.2
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
50

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60 to 65
18 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40 to 43
18 to 36
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 58 to 63
15 to 42

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.4 to 1.8
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0.17 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0.6 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 71.5 to 75.5
97.2 to 98.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.6 to 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
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 0.5
0

Comparable Variants