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EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4962 stainless steel and EN 1.4378 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.4378 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 210
190 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 34
14 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 330
340 to 550
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 440
510 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630 to 690
760 to 1130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 490
430 to 970

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 510
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1440
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 23
12
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 170
150 to 220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 610
470 to 2370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 24
28 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 21
24 to 31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 16
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.0015 to 0.0060
0
Carbon (C), % 0.070 to 0.15
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 15.5 to 17.5
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 62.1 to 69
61.2 to 69
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
11.5 to 14.5
Nickel (Ni), % 12.5 to 14.5
2.3 to 3.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.4 to 0.7
0
Tungsten (W), % 2.5 to 3.0
0

Comparable Variants