EN 1.4021 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4592 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4021 stainless steel and EN 1.4592 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4021 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4592 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
210 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
23 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 380 | |
340 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.27 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
82 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 530 | |
400 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 880 | |
630 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 670 | |
500 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
310 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
550 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
1100 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1410 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
17 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
2.6 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
18 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
3.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
52 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
180 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
43 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 110 | |
130 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 1160 | |
610 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
15 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
26 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 31 | |
23 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 26 | |
21 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
4.6 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 31 | |
20 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
28 to 30 |
Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.8 | |
62.6 to 68.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
3.5 to 4.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.8 |