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EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5024 Steel

Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and EN 1.5024 steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 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 1.4646 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5024 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
200 to 470
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
670 to 1930

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
45

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
24 to 69
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
22 to 45
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
20 to 58

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.020 to 0.1
0.42 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 59 to 67.3
96.7 to 97.6
Manganese (Mn), % 10.5 to 12.5
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.5 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025