EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4650 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and EN 1.4650 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.4650 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 48 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 | |
| 230 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 90 | |
| 91 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 | |
| 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 | |
| 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 970 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 | |
| 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 18.5 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59 to 67.3 | |
| 65.8 to 72.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 10.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 9.0 to 10 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |