MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4981 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4762 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4981 stainless steel and EN 1.4762 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4981 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4762 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 39
13
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 420
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 240
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 520
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
1150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
1.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
12
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 67
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 22
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
67
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.2 to 1.7
Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.1
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 15.5 to 17.5
23 to 26
Iron (Fe), % 59.6 to 66.7
69.7 to 75.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.6 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 15.5 to 17.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.4 to 1.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.3 to 0.6
0.7 to 1.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015