MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4962 stainless steel and EN 1.4646 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.4646 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 210
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 34
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 330
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 440
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630 to 690
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 490
430

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
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 23
13
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 170
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 610
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 24
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 21
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 16
16

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.0015 to 0.0060
0
Carbon (C), % 0.070 to 0.15
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 15.5 to 17.5
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 62.1 to 69
59 to 67.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
10.5 to 12.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 12.5 to 14.5
3.5 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0.4 to 0.7
0
Tungsten (W), % 2.5 to 3.0
0