EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3538 Steel
Both EN 1.4596 stainless steel and EN 1.3538 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 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 1.4596 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3538 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 | |
| 670 to 740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 3.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 56 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 39 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 54 | |
| 20 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.93 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.4 to 76.4 | |
| 96 to 97.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.9 to 2.2 | |
| 0.4 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.2 to 10.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.28 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |