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EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 8630 Steel

Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 8630 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% 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 SAE-AISI 8630 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
160 to 200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
12 to 24
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
260 to 350
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 500
340 to 410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
540 to 680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
360 to 560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
410
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
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
2.6
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
78 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
340 to 840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
19 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
19 to 22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
18 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.020 to 0.1
0.28 to 0.33
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0.4 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 59 to 67.3
96.8 to 97.9
Manganese (Mn), % 10.5 to 12.5
0.7 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 4.5
0.4 to 0.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.040