EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel vs. S66286 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4542 stainless steel and S66286 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4542 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S66286 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 20 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 370 to 640 | |
| 240 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 860 | |
| 420 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 1470 | |
| 620 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1300 | |
| 280 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 780 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 160 | |
| 150 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4360 | |
| 190 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 52 | |
| 22 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 13 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 13.5 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 79 | |
| 49.1 to 59.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| 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 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |