MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4162 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4634 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4162 stainless steel and EN 1.4634 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4162 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4634 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 32
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Shear Strength, MPa 520
340
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 520
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 430
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
13
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 27
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 690
200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
5.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.2 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 21 to 22
17.5 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.1 to 0.8
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 67.2 to 73.3
74.9 to 81.8
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.1 to 0.8
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 1.4 to 1.9
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.3 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.050