EN 1.4062 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4028 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4062 stainless steel and EN 1.4028 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4062 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4028 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 34 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 420 | |
| 230 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 | |
| 410 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 800 | |
| 660 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 530 to 600 | |
| 390 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 2.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 27 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 to 230 | |
| 94 to 96 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 690 to 910 | |
| 380 to 1360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 24 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 23 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.26 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21.5 to 24 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.3 to 77.3 | |
| 83.1 to 87.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.16 to 0.28 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |