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EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6554 Steel

Both EN 1.4962 stainless steel and EN 1.6554 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.6554 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 210
230 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 34
17 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 330
380 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630 to 690
780 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 490
550 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
420
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
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 23
3.4
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
53

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 170
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 610
810 to 1650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 24
27 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 21
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 16
23 to 27

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.0015 to 0.0060
0
Carbon (C), % 0.070 to 0.15
0.23 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 15.5 to 17.5
0.7 to 0.9
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 62.1 to 69
94.6 to 97.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 12.5 to 14.5
1.0 to 2.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0.4 to 0.7
0
Tungsten (W), % 2.5 to 3.0
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants