EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel vs. Type 2 Pewter
EN 1.4962 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 2 pewter belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, 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 Type 2 pewter.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 210 | |
| 13 to 23 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 52 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 19 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 690 | |
| 52 to 68 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 69 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 220 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 210 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 1220 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 3.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 2.0 to 2.6 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 4.3 to 5.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 3.4 to 4.4 |
Alloy Composition
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0015 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.1 to 69 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 90 to 93 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |