EN 1.4306 Stainless Steel vs. S42030 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4306 stainless steel and S42030 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% 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 S42030 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 45 | |
| 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 330 | |
| 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 550 | |
| 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 900 | |
| 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 570 | |
| 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 780 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 3.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 34 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 200 | |
| 92 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 820 | |
| 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.8 to 72 | |
| 77.6 to 85 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| 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 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |