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EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel

Both EN 1.4618 stainless steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 1.4618 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 210
220 to 230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 51
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 250
380 to 450
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90 to 91
91 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 480 to 500
460 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 700
740 to 750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 260
550 to 660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
8.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
9.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
63

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270 to 280
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 170
810 to 1150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 25
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 16
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 62.7 to 72.5
88.6 to 91.2
Manganese (Mn), % 5.5 to 9.5
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 5.5
8.5 to 10
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.15
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.0050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050