EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and EN 1.4962 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 EN 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4962 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 22 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 550 | |
| 210 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 420 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 630 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 260 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 510 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 170 to 610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0015 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.070 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 62.1 to 69 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 12.5 to 14.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.0 |