EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CG6MMN Steel
Both EN 1.4104 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CG6MMN steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4104 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CG6MMN steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 23 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 310 | |
| 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 750 | |
| 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 560 | |
| 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 460 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.5 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 120 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 800 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.17 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.8 to 84.1 | |
| 51.9 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |