EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4123 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and EN 1.4123 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 1.4123 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 | |
| 220 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 | |
| 720 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 4.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 62 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 26 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0.35 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 14 to 16.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59 to 67.3 | |
| 76.7 to 84.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 10.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |