EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7386 Steel
Both EN 1.4962 stainless steel and EN 1.7386 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 1.7386 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 210 | |
| 170 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 34 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 330 | |
| 170 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 440 | |
| 340 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 690 | |
| 550 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 490 | |
| 240 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 9.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 88 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 92 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 610 | |
| 150 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0015 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.15 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.1 to 69 | |
| 86.8 to 90.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.25 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |