EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5501 Steel
Both EN 1.4606 stainless steel and EN 1.5501 steel are iron alloys. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.5501 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 420 | |
| 180 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 270 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 1020 | |
| 390 to 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 630 | |
| 260 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 40 to 83 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 1010 | |
| 190 to 460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 11 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.13 to 0.16 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.2 to 59 | |
| 98.4 to 99.269 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |