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EN 1.4028 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4062 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4028 stainless steel and EN 1.4062 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4028 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4062 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 17
23 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 400
410 to 420
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
79
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 930
770 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 730
530 to 600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 760
1030
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.8
2.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.2
2.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
12
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 94 to 96
170 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 1360
690 to 910
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 33
28 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 27
24 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 32
21 to 22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.26 to 0.35
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
21.5 to 24
Iron (Fe), % 83.1 to 87.7
69.3 to 77.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.45
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.0 to 2.9
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.16 to 0.28
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010

Comparable Variants