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EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3537 Steel

Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and EN 1.3537 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 1.3537 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
190 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
620 to 730

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
2.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
2.6
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
22 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
21 to 23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
18 to 22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0.020 to 0.1
0.93 to 1.1
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
1.7 to 2.0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 59 to 67.3
96.4 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 10.5 to 12.5
0.25 to 0.45
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030