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EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3553 Steel

Both EN 1.4596 stainless steel and EN 1.3553 steel are iron alloys. They have 81% 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 1.3553 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 1600
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 790
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
440
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
24
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
96

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
31
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 56
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35 to 54
21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0.78 to 0.86
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 12.5
3.9 to 4.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 73.4 to 76.4
80.7 to 83.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.9 to 2.2
4.7 to 5.2
Nickel (Ni), % 9.2 to 10.2
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0.28 to 0.4
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
6.0 to 6.7
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.7 to 2.0