EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CG6MMN Steel
Both EN 1.4542 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CG6MMN steel are iron alloys. They have 79% 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 1.4542 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CG6MMN steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 20 | |
34 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 370 to 640 | |
260 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
79 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 1470 | |
670 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1300 | |
320 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
300 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
460 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
1080 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
22 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
4.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
68 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
180 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
34 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 160 | |
190 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4360 | |
260 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 52 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
22 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 49 | |
14 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0 to 0.060 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
20.5 to 23.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 79 | |
51.9 to 62.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
4.0 to 6.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
1.5 to 3.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
11.5 to 13.5 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
0.1 to 0.3 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.2 to 0.4 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.3 |