EN 1.5662 Steel vs. EN 1.4923 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and EN 1.4923 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% 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 1.4923 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 12 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 300 to 440 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 130 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 57 | |
| 40 to 46 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 540 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 870 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 470 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| 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 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 110 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 570 to 1580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 30 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.18 to 0.24 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 83.5 to 87.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| 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 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |