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EN 1.4857 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4857 stainless steel and EN 1.4646 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4857 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.7
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1370
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1320
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
13
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.7
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 81
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 28
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 27
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 31.4 to 41.7
59 to 67.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
10.5 to 12.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 33 to 36
3.5 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015