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EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5682 Steel

Both EN 1.4612 stainless steel and EN 1.5682 steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5682 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 860 to 950
400
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 11 to 22
68
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
72
Shear Strength, MPa 1010 to 1110
480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1690 to 1850
770
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1570 to 1730
570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 790
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
63

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190 to 210
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60 to 65
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40 to 43
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 58 to 63
23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.4 to 1.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.13
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 71.5 to 75.5
88.7 to 91.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.8 to 2.3
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 10.2 to 11.3
8.5 to 9.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 0.5
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050