S66286 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel
Both S66286 stainless steel and EN 1.4606 stainless steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S66286 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 40 | |
| 23 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 410 | |
| 240 to 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 630 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1020 | |
| 600 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 670 | |
| 280 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 780 | |
| 770 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 200 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1150 | |
| 200 to 1010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 36 | |
| 21 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 22 | |
| 21 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13.5 to 16 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.1 to 59.5 | |
| 49.2 to 59 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.4 | |
| 1.9 to 2.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |