EN 1.4034 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4662 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4034 stainless steel and EN 1.4662 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4034 stainless 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 14 | |
| 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 400 | |
| 430 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 540 | |
| 520 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 900 | |
| 810 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 730 | |
| 580 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 770 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.7 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
| 33 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 94 | |
| 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 1370 | |
| 840 to 940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 29 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 3.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83 to 87.1 | |
| 62.6 to 70.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 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 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |