EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0214 Steel
Both EN 1.4962 stainless steel and EN 1.0214 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.4962 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0214 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 210 | |
| 97 to 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 34 | |
| 12 to 31 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 330 | |
| 160 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 440 | |
| 250 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 690 | |
| 330 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 490 | |
| 210 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 6.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 7.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 34 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 610 | |
| 120 to 340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 11 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0015 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.15 | |
| 0.080 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.1 to 69 | |
| 99.17 to 99.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |