EN 1.4062 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4523 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4062 stainless steel and EN 1.4523 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 1.4523 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 34 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 420 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 | |
| 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 800 | |
| 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 530 to 600 | |
| 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 500 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 to 230 | |
| 77 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 690 to 910 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 5.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21.5 to 24 | |
| 17.5 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.3 to 77.3 | |
| 75.7 to 80.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.16 to 0.28 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.8 |