Cold Rolled EN 1.4621 vs. Cold Rolled EN 1.4655
Both cold rolled EN 1.4621 and cold rolled EN 1.4655 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the cold worked (strain hardened) condition. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is cold rolled EN 1.4621 and the bottom bar is cold rolled EN 1.4655.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 510 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.7 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 21.5 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 74.4 to 79.7 | |
| 63.6 to 73.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |