MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4905 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel

Both EN 1.4905 stainless steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have 89% 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 1.4905 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 19
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
380 to 450
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 38
91 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 460
460 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740
740 to 750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 510
550 to 660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 660
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1440
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.7
8.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 4.2
9.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 40
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 90
63

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 680
810 to 1150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25
22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.040
0
Boron (B), % 0.00050 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.090 to 0.13
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 8.5 to 9.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 86.2 to 88.8
88.6 to 91.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.1
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 0.1 to 0.4
8.5 to 10
Niobium (Nb), % 0.060 to 0.1
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.090
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.5
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.0050
Tungsten (W), % 0.9 to 1.1
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.18 to 0.25
0 to 0.050