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EN 1.4525 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4662 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4525 stainless steel and EN 1.4662 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4525 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4662 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 5.6 to 13
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 480 to 540
430 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 1250
810 to 830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 840 to 1120
580 to 620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 430
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 860
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 18
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
45
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
33
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 68 to 130
210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1820 to 3230
840 to 940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 45
29 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 33
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.7
3.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 34 to 41
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
23 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 2.5 to 4.0
0.1 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 70.4 to 79
62.6 to 70.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
2.5 to 4.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.8
1.0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
3.0 to 4.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.35
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.050
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.0050

Comparable Variants