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EN 1.4057 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI H42 Steel

Both EN 1.4057 stainless steel and SAE-AISI H42 steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4057 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H42 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 840 to 980
700 to 1980

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
440
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
24
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
8.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
98

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 16
31
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 35
23 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 28
21 to 42
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.7
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 35
20 to 57

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.22
0.55 to 0.7
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
3.8 to 4.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 77.7 to 83.4
79.3 to 83.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.15 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.5 to 5.5
Nickel (Ni), % 1.5 to 2.5
0 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
5.5 to 6.8
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.8 to 2.2

Comparable Variants