EN 1.5662 Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 17 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 380 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 510 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 700 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 390 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 380 to 2070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 59.5 to 67.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |