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EN 1.4821 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel

Both EN 1.4821 stainless steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 1.4821 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, % 18
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 280
380 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 450
460 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
740 to 750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
550 to 660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
8.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
9.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
63

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 500
810 to 1150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.2
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 24.5 to 26.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 64.2 to 71.1
88.6 to 91.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
8.5 to 10
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0.8 to 1.5
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050