EN 1.5662 Steel vs. EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and EN 1.4477 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% 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 1.4477 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 420 to 490 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 130 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 81 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 550 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 880 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 620 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
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 | |
| 20 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 3.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 940 to 1290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 31 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 26 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 28 to 30 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 56.6 to 63.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.5 to 2.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 5.8 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |