Chromium 33 vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel
Chromium 33 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.4606 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is chromium 33 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 23 to 39 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 850 | |
| 600 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 | |
| 280 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 84 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 450 | |
| 200 to 1010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 | |
| 21 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 21 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 31 to 35 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.3 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 25.7 to 37.9 | |
| 49.2 to 59 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 33 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |