EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel
Both EN 1.4903 stainless steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have 90% 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 1.4903 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 21 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 330 | |
| 380 to 450 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 42 to 46 | |
| 91 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 | |
| 460 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 680 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 | |
| 550 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 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 | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.0 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 88 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 650 | |
| 810 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.1 to 90.5 | |
| 88.6 to 91.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.85 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |