EN 1.4662 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1524 Steel
Both EN 1.4662 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1524 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 (4, 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 SAE-AISI 1524 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 430 to 450 | |
| 230 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 540 | |
| 360 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 810 to 830 | |
| 570 to 650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 620 | |
| 320 to 540 |
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 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 8.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 9.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 | |
| 84 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 840 to 940 | |
| 270 to 760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 30 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 18 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.19 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.1 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 70.2 | |
| 98 to 98.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |