EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. AWS ENiCrCoMo-1
EN 1.4606 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while AWS ENiCrCoMo-1 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 46% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 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 1.4606 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS ENiCrCoMo-1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 82 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 1020 | |
| 710 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 16 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.2 to 59 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.3 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 38.6 to 61.7 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |