EN 1.4662 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4482 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4662 stainless steel and EN 1.4482 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4662 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4482 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 430 to 450 | |
| 420 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 540 | |
| 510 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 810 to 830 | |
| 770 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 620 | |
| 530 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1090 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 33 | |
| 24 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 | |
| 230 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 840 to 940 | |
| 690 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 30 | |
| 28 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 21 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 19.5 to 21.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.1 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 70.2 | |
| 66.1 to 74.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 4.5 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |