EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1132 Steel
Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and EN 1.1132 steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 1.4646 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1132 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 220 | |
110 to 140 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
12 to 24 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 | |
180 to 280 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 500 | |
260 to 310 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 | |
370 to 490 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 | |
240 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
1.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
18 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
46 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
38 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 | |
160 to 430 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
13 to 17 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
15 to 18 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
12 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
0.13 to 0.17 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 59 to 67.3 | |
98.6 to 99.57 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 10.5 to 12.5 | |
0.3 to 0.6 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.025 |