EN 1.4806 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CA40 Steel
Both EN 1.4806 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CA40 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4806 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CA40 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 | |
| 310 | 
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 | 
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 | |
| 10 | 
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 | |
| 460 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 | |
| 910 | 
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
| 860 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 400 | |
| 390 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 750 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1440 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1500 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 25 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 10 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 3.0 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 3.5 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 7.5 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.7 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.4 | |
| 2.0 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 76 | |
| 28 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 100 | 
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 14 | 
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 27 | |
| 89 | 
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 1910 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 33 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 27 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
| 6.7 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 33 | 
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 | 
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 11.5 to 14 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 40.4 to 48.7 | |
| 81.5 to 88.3 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 | 
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 34 to 36 | |
| 0 to 1.0 | 
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 | 
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 | 
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |