EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A182 Grade F10
Both EN 1.4542 stainless steel and ASTM A182 grade F10 are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 ASTM A182 grade F10.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 20 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 370 to 640 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 860 | |
| 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 1470 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1300 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 15 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 8.0 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 160 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4360 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 52 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 79 | |
| 66.5 to 72.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |