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EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4596 stainless steel and EN 1.4401 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 1.4401 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 1600
600 to 900

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 790
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
19
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
52
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
26
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 56
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
20 to 26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35 to 54
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 12.5
16.5 to 18.5
Iron (Fe), % 73.4 to 76.4
62.8 to 71.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.9 to 2.2
2.0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 9.2 to 10.2
10 to 13
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0.28 to 0.4
0

Comparable Variants