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EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4460 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4959 stainless steel and EN 1.4460 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4959 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 40
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Shear Strength, MPa 430
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
510

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 510
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
18
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.4
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.25 to 0.65
0
Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.1
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
25 to 28
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 0.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 39.4 to 50.5
60.2 to 69.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.3 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 30 to 34
4.5 to 6.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0.050 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0.25 to 0.65
0