EN 1.4923 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel
Both EN 1.4923 stainless steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4923 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, % | 12 to 21 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 440 | |
| 380 to 450 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 22 to 30 | |
| 91 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 40 to 46 | |
| 56 to 57 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 590 | |
| 460 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 780 | |
| 550 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 1580 | |
| 810 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.18 to 0.24 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.5 to 87.1 | |
| 88.6 to 91.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| 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), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |