EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. S30601 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4606 stainless steel and S30601 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 S30601 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 37 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 420 | |
| 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 1020 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 630 | |
| 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 370 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 770 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 20 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 1010 | |
| 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 16 |
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 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 16 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.2 to 59 | |
| 56.9 to 60.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 5.0 to 5.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.013 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |