EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel vs. S30601 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4962 stainless steel and S30601 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 1.4962 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S30601 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 34 | |
| 37 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 330 | |
| 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 440 | |
| 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 690 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 490 | |
| 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 370 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 510 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 610 | |
| 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.0015 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.1 to 69 | |
| 56.9 to 60.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 5.0 to 5.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.013 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |