EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3559 Steel
Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and EN 1.3559 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, 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 1.3559 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 | |
| 500 to 1420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 420 |
| 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 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 18 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 15 to 42 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59 to 67.3 | |
| 97.2 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 10.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |