EN 1.4006 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4028 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4006 stainless steel and EN 1.4028 stainless steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4006 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4028 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 23 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 300 | |
| 230 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 460 | |
| 410 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 750 | |
| 660 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 510 | |
| 390 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 110 | |
| 94 to 96 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 660 | |
| 380 to 1360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 27 | |
| 24 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 26 | |
| 23 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.26 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.1 to 88.4 | |
| 83.1 to 87.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |