EN 1.4971 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4595 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4971 stainless steel and EN 1.4595 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4971 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4595 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 | |
| 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 | |
| 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 570 | |
| 460 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.6 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 34 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 38 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.4 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.16 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 22.5 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 18.5 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 24.3 to 37.1 | |
| 81.3 to 85.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |