EN 1.6563 Steel vs. EN 1.4849 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6563 steel and EN 1.4849 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 42% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6563 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4849 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1850 | |
| 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.6 | |
| 42 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 7.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 100 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 65 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 43 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 54 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.44 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.9 to 96.5 | |
| 32.6 to 43.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.7 to 2.0 | |
| 36 to 39 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |