EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI H11 Steel
Both EN 1.4962 stainless steel and SAE-AISI H11 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 SAE-AISI H11 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 690 | |
| 690 to 1840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 8.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 9.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 5.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 75 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 9.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 25 to 66 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 22 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 22 to 58 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.0015 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.15 | |
| 0.33 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.1 to 69 | |
| 89.6 to 92.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.1 to 1.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |