EN 1.4806 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CA40 Steel
Both EN 1.4806 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CA40 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4806 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CA40 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 140 | |
310 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 | |
10 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 | |
460 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
76 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 | |
910 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
860 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 400 | |
390 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
750 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
1500 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
25 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
10 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
3.0 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.9 | |
3.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
7.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.4 | |
2.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 76 | |
28 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
100 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
14 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 27 | |
89 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
1910 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
33 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
6.7 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
33 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
0.2 to 0.4 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
11.5 to 14 |
Iron (Fe), % | 40.4 to 48.7 | |
81.5 to 88.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 34 to 36 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.040 |