EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. Monel 400
EN 1.4606 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Monel 400 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 28% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 Monel 400.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 420 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 1020 | |
| 540 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 630 | |
| 210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 3.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 1010 | |
| 140 to 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.2 to 59 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.024 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |