EN 1.6958 Steel vs. S64512 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6958 steel and S64512 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6958 steel and the bottom bar is S64512 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 340 | |
| 330 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 700 | |
| 540 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 63 | |
| 47 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 700 | |
| 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1140 | |
| 1140 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1070 | |
| 890 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 450 | |
| 750 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.9 | |
| 3.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.1 | |
| 4.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 60 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.9 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3050 | |
| 2020 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 39 | |
| 42 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.0050 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.3 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.2 to 1.7 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.6 to 94.5 | |
| 80.6 to 84.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.35 to 0.55 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.3 to 3.8 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |