MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4710 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4806 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4710 stainless steel and EN 1.4806 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4710 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4806 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 20
6.8
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
75

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
320
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 360
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 750
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 6.4
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 7.5
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 5.0
31
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
5.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 24
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 76
190

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 7.2
18
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.5
3.1

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.35
0.3 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 6.0 to 8.0
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 87.4 to 92.3
40.4 to 48.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
34 to 36
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030