EN 1.5662 Steel vs. EN 1.4122 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and EN 1.4122 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% 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 1.4122 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 260 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 480 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 790 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 450 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 870 |
| 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 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 93 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 520 to 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 28 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 to 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 28 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.33 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 77.2 to 83.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| 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 |