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SAE-AISI 1548 Steel vs. EN 1.4662 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1548 steel and EN 1.4662 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 (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1548 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4662 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 16
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270 to 430
430 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
79
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 500
520 to 540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730 to 830
810 to 830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 420 to 690
580 to 620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
45
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 79 to 99
210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 470 to 1280
840 to 940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26 to 30
29 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 25
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 27
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.44 to 0.52
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
23 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.1 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 98.5
62.6 to 70.2
Manganese (Mn), % 1.1 to 1.4
2.5 to 4.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.0 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.0050

Comparable Variants