EN 1.0234 Steel vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.0234 steel and EN 1.4606 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.0234 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 29 | |
| 23 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 270 | |
| 240 to 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 300 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 480 | |
| 600 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 410 | |
| 280 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 36 to 130 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 440 | |
| 200 to 1010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 21 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 21 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.13 to 0.17 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.02 to 99.5 | |
| 49.2 to 59 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |