EN 1.5662 Steel vs. EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and EN 1.4945 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 1.4945 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 200 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 19 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 230 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 430 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 640 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 290 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1490 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 210 to 760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.040 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 57.9 to 65.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.14 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |