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EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0540 Steel

Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and EN 1.0540 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0540 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 500
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
75
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.020 to 0.1
0.47 to 0.55
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0 to 0.4
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 59 to 67.3
97.2 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 10.5 to 12.5
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 4.5
0 to 0.4
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.045