EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4640 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4542 stainless steel and EN 1.4640 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 EN 1.4640 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 20 | |
| 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 370 to 640 | |
| 230 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 860 | |
| 440 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 1470 | |
| 620 to 650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1300 | |
| 240 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 160 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4360 | |
| 150 to 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 52 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.030 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 1.3 to 2.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 79 | |
| 67.4 to 73.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 1.5 to 4.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.9 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |