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EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8893 Steel

Both EN 1.4962 stainless steel and EN 1.8893 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 1.8893 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 210
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 34
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 330
470
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 440
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630 to 690
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 490
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
410
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
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 23
2.9
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 170
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 610
1370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 24
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 21
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 16
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Boron (B), % 0.0015 to 0.0060
0
Carbon (C), % 0.070 to 0.15
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 15.5 to 17.5
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 62.1 to 69
95.6 to 98
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
1.4 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.3 to 0.45
Nickel (Ni), % 12.5 to 14.5
0.3 to 0.7
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 0.050
Tungsten (W), % 2.5 to 3.0
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12