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