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EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 446 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4938 stainless steel and AISI 446 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 446 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 16 to 17
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390 to 520
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
79
Shear Strength, MPa 540 to 630
360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 870 to 1030
570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 640 to 870
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 750
1180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 160
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1050 to 1920
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 37
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 29
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 35
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.15
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
23 to 27
Iron (Fe), % 80.5 to 84.8
69.2 to 77
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.9
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.75
Nitrogen (N), % 0.020 to 0.040
0 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.25 to 0.4
0