EN 1.4057 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5682 Steel
Both EN 1.4057 stainless steel and EN 1.5682 steel are iron alloys. They have 83% 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 1.4057 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5682 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 430 | |
| 400 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 16 to 21 | |
| 68 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 580 | |
| 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 840 to 980 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 530 to 790 | |
| 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 96 to 130 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 700 to 1610 | |
| 870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.22 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 77.7 to 83.4 | |
| 88.7 to 91.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |