EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A369 Grade FP91
Both EN 1.4542 stainless steel and ASTM A369 grade FP91 are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 A369 grade FP91.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 20 | |
| 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 370 to 640 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 860 | |
| 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 1470 | |
| 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1300 | |
| 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 8.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 88 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 160 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4360 | |
| 560 |
| 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 Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.080 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 8.0 to 9.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 79 | |
| 87.3 to 90.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0.85 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0.060 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.18 to 0.25 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |