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EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0345 Steel

Both EN 1.4596 stainless steel and EN 1.0345 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0345 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 1600
420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 790
400
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
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
48

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 56
15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
16
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35 to 54
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.1
0.020 to 0.024
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 12.5
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 73.4 to 76.4
97.2 to 99.38
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.6 to 1.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.9 to 2.2
0 to 0.080
Nickel (Ni), % 9.2 to 10.2
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.020
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.012
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0.28 to 0.4
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.020