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EN 1.4462 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3532 Steel

Both EN 1.4462 stainless steel and EN 1.3532 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4462 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3532 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
210 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780
700 to 1420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1060
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
9.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 49
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
60

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
2.0
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
25 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
22 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
21 to 42

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.14 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 21 to 23
1.0 to 1.4
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 63.7 to 71.9
92.6 to 94.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.25 to 0.55
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
3.8 to 4.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.22
0
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030