EN 1.5662 Steel vs. AISI 301 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and AISI 301 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 190 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 7.4 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 210 to 600 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 410 to 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 590 to 1460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 230 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 99 to 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 130 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 21 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 12 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 70.7 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |