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EN 1.4539 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel

Both EN 1.4539 stainless steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have 57% 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 1.4539 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
220 to 230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 38
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220
380 to 450
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
91 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 430
460 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
740 to 750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
550 to 660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
8.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
9.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
7.5
Density, g/cm3 8.1
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.7
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 78
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
63

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
810 to 1150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.2 to 2.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 43.1 to 51.8
88.6 to 91.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 26
8.5 to 10
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.15
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.0050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050