EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4006 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4945 stainless steel and EN 1.4006 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4945 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4006 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 34 | |
| 16 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 350 | |
| 150 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 460 | |
| 370 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 740 | |
| 590 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 550 | |
| 230 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 520 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.0 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 180 | |
| 99 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 760 | |
| 140 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 21 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.040 to 0.1 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 57.9 to 65.7 | |
| 83.1 to 88.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.060 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |