EN 1.4594 Stainless Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4594 stainless steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.4594 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 490 to 620 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 620 to 700 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 to 1170 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 810 to 1140 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 450 | |
| 540 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1660 to 3320 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 41 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 31 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 34 to 39 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 15 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 79.5 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |