EN 1.4062 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1203 Steel
Both EN 1.4062 stainless steel and EN 1.1203 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% 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 1.4062 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1203 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 34 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 420 | |
| 210 to 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 | |
| 420 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 800 | |
| 690 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 530 to 600 | |
| 340 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 to 230 | |
| 69 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 690 to 910 | |
| 310 to 610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.52 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21.5 to 24 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.3 to 77.3 | |
| 97.1 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.9 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.16 to 0.28 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |