EN 1.4306 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6220 Steel
Both EN 1.4306 stainless steel and EN 1.6220 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 1.4306 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6220 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 45 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 330 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 900 | |
| 550 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 570 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 200 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 820 | |
| 300 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 16 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.8 to 72 | |
| 96.7 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 12 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |