EN 1.5662 Steel vs. EN 1.4006 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and EN 1.4006 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 EN 1.4006 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 16 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 150 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 370 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 590 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 230 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 99 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 140 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 21 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 83.1 to 88.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |