EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and EN 1.4606 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 23 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 320 | |
| 240 to 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 600 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 570 | |
| 280 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 770 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 800 | |
| 200 to 1010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 21 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 21 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.5 | |
| 49.2 to 59 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 13 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |