EN 1.4662 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0478 Steel
Both EN 1.4662 stainless steel and EN 1.0478 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4662 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0478 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
24 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 430 to 450 | |
170 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 540 | |
280 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 810 to 830 | |
440 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 620 | |
230 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1090 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
49 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
7.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
2.2 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
1.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
20 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
48 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 | |
90 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 840 to 940 | |
150 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 30 | |
16 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
16 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
13 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
14 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.060 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.18 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0.1 to 0.8 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 70.2 | |
96.9 to 99.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
0.6 to 1.4 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 4.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |