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EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0599 Steel

Both EN 1.4962 stainless steel and EN 1.0599 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4962 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0599 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 210
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 34
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 330
310
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 440
390
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630 to 690
620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 490
440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1440
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 23
2.4
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 170
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 610
520
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 24
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 21
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 16
20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.010 to 0.050
Boron (B), % 0.0015 to 0.0060
0
Carbon (C), % 0.070 to 0.15
0.16 to 0.22
Chromium (Cr), % 15.5 to 17.5
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 62.1 to 69
96.1 to 98.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
1.3 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.080
Nickel (Ni), % 12.5 to 14.5
0 to 0.4
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.070
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.1 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.035
Titanium (Ti), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 0.050
Tungsten (W), % 2.5 to 3.0
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.080 to 0.15