EN 1.6220 Steel vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6220 steel and EN 1.4606 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6220 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 25 | |
23 to 39 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 250 | |
240 to 420 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
75 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 580 | |
600 to 1020 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 | |
280 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
300 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
910 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1430 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
14 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
1.9 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
26 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
6.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
87 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
170 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
190 to 200 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 310 | |
200 to 1010 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 20 | |
21 to 36 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 20 | |
20 to 28 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
3.7 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 17 | |
21 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.35 |
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.0010 to 0.010 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
13 to 16 |
Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 98.8 | |
49.2 to 59 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.6 | |
1.0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
1.0 to 1.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
24 to 27 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
1.9 to 2.3 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.5 |