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EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel

Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
220 to 230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 320
380 to 450
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 91 to 94
91 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
460 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
740 to 750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 570
550 to 660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
8.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
9.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
63

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 800
810 to 1150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.5
88.6 to 91.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 13
8.5 to 10
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050

Comparable Variants