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EN 1.4162 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6553 Steel

Both EN 1.4162 stainless steel and EN 1.6553 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.4162 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6553 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
210 to 240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 32
19 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410
330 to 460
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 77
30
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780
710 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 520
470 to 670

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
2.7
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
130 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 690
600 to 1190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
25 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
23 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
21 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0.23 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 21 to 22
0.4 to 0.8
Copper (Cu), % 0.1 to 0.8
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 67.2 to 73.3
95.6 to 98.2
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.1 to 0.8
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 1.4 to 1.9
0.4 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.030