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EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel

Both EN 1.4872 stainless steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% 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 1.4872 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
220 to 230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410
380 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 620
460 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 950
740 to 750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560
550 to 660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
8.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
9.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
63

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 780
810 to 1150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.3
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0
Iron (Fe), % 54.2 to 61.6
88.6 to 91.2
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
8.5 to 10
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050