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EN 1.4462 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3553 Steel

Both EN 1.4462 stainless steel and EN 1.3553 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4462 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3553 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1060
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
440
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
10
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
24
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 49
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
96

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
31
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
6.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.78 to 0.86
Chromium (Cr), % 21 to 23
3.9 to 4.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 63.7 to 71.9
80.7 to 83.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
4.7 to 5.2
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.22
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0
6.0 to 6.7
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.7 to 2.0