EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6579 Steel
Both EN 1.4612 stainless steel and EN 1.6579 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6579 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 860 to 950 | |
| 380 to 570 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 11 to 22 | |
| 35 to 41 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1690 to 1850 | |
| 850 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1570 to 1730 | |
| 600 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 3.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 2.4 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 210 | |
| 100 to 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 60 to 65 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 to 43 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 to 63 | |
| 25 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.4 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.32 to 0.38 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 75.5 | |
| 94.2 to 96.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.8 to 2.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.2 to 11.3 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |