MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4598 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4362 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4598 stainless steel and EN 1.4362 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4598 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4362 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 46
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
320
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
79
Shear Strength, MPa 420
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
730
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
1060
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
14
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
530
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
22 to 24.5
Copper (Cu), % 1.3 to 1.8
0.1 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 60.8 to 70.1
65.5 to 74.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0.1 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 13
3.5 to 5.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.050 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0.1 to 0.2
0 to 0.015