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S30600 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel

Both S30600 stainless steel and EN 1.4959 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% 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 S30600 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4959 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 430
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 350
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
510
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
31
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
5.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.25 to 0.65
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.018
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 18.5
19 to 22
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 58.9 to 65.3
39.4 to 50.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 14 to 15.5
30 to 34
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 3.7 to 4.3
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.25 to 0.65