EN 1.6579 Steel vs. S46500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6579 steel and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6579 steel and the bottom bar is S46500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 2.3 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 570 | |
| 550 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 850 to 980 | |
| 1260 to 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 600 to 910 | |
| 1120 to 1810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 780 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.7 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.4 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 120 | |
| 43 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 44 to 68 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 33 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 29 | |
| 44 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.38 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.2 to 96.1 | |
| 72.6 to 76.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 10.7 to 11.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |