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EN 1.4062 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4958 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4062 stainless steel and EN 1.4958 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 1.4958 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 23 to 34
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 420
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Shear Strength, MPa 510
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 800
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 530 to 600
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1030
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
30
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
5.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
75
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 27
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170 to 230
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 690 to 910
95
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 29
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 25
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 22
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.2 to 0.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.030 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 21.5 to 24
19 to 22
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 69.3 to 77.3
41.1 to 50.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.45
0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 2.9
30 to 32.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0.16 to 0.28
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 0.5