EN 1.3542 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3542 stainless steel and EN 1.4541 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 1.3542 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4541 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 220 | |
190 to 270 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 | |
600 to 900 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 380 | |
480 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 770 | |
940 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1430 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 29 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
16 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.1 | |
2.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.6 | |
2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
16 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
3.2 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
46 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
18 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
21 to 32 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
20 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.9 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 | |
14 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.6 to 0.7 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
17 to 19 |
Iron (Fe), % | 82.7 to 87.5 | |
65.2 to 74 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
9.0 to 12 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.7 |