EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel
Both EN 1.4415 stainless steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4415 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 20 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 510 | |
| 380 to 450 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 110 | |
| 91 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 570 | |
| 460 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 930 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 730 to 840 | |
| 550 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 160 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1350 to 1790 | |
| 810 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 33 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 27 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.9 to 82.4 | |
| 88.6 to 91.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 6.5 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |