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EN 1.4306 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4306 stainless steel and EN 1.4568 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4306 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4568 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 45
2.3 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 330
220 to 670
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 550
520 to 930
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 900
830 to 1620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 570
330 to 1490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 200
36 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110 to 820
290 to 5710
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
30 to 58
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
25 to 40
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
23 to 46

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.7 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 64.8 to 72
70.9 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 12
6.5 to 7.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants