EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy
EN 1.4612 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 27% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 Type 4 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 2.0 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 860 to 950 | |
| 220 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1010 to 1110 | |
| 420 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1690 to 1850 | |
| 620 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1570 to 1730 | |
| 270 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 210 | |
| 22 to 200 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 60 to 65 | |
| 19 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 to 43 | |
| 18 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 to 63 | |
| 21 to 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.4 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 75.5 | |
| 9.5 to 17.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.8 to 2.3 | |
| 3.5 to 6.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.2 to 11.3 | |
| 79 to 82 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |