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EN 1.4062 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6554 Steel

Both EN 1.4062 stainless steel and EN 1.6554 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% 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 1.4062 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6554 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23 to 34
17 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 420
380 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 800
780 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 530 to 600
550 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1030
420
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
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
3.4
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
53

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170 to 230
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 690 to 910
810 to 1650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 29
27 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 25
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 22
23 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.23 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 21.5 to 24
0.7 to 0.9
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 69.3 to 77.3
94.6 to 97.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.45
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 2.9
1.0 to 2.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.16 to 0.28
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants