EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4710 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4606 stainless steel and EN 1.4710 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 EN 1.4710 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 74 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 770 | |
| 360 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 750 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 6.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 76 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 6.5 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 16 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.2 to 59 | |
| 87.4 to 92.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |