EN 1.5662 Steel vs. EN 1.4303 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and EN 1.4303 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.4303 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 190 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 13 to 49 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 220 to 320 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 130 | |
| 91 to 98 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 420 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 590 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 230 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
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 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 110 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 140 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 64.8 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| 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 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |