Precipitation Hardened (+P900) 1.4542 Stainless Steel
EN 1.4542 +P900 steel is EN 1.4542 stainless steel in the aged (precipitation hardened) condition. It has the second lowest strength compared to the other variants of EN 1.4542 stainless steel.
The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN 1.4542 +P900 steel to: wrought precipitation-hardening stainless steels (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa 28 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
6.8 %
Fatigue Strength
400 MPa 58 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.28
Shear Modulus
76 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
590 MPa 86 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
1010 MPa 150 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
800 MPa 120 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
280 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion
440 °C 820 °F
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
860 °C 1580 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1430 °C 2600 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1380 °C 2520 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
470 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
16 W/m-K 9.3 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
11 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
2.4 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
2.8 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
13 % relative
Density
7.8 g/cm3 490 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
2.7 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
39 MJ/kg 17 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
130 L/kg 16 gal/lb
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance)
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
64 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
1640 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
25 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
36 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
29 points
Thermal Diffusivity
4.3 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
33 points
Alloy Composition
| Fe | 69.6 to 79 | |
| Cr | 15 to 17 | |
| Ni | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| Cu | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| Mn | 0 to 1.5 | |
| Si | 0 to 0.7 | |
| Mo | 0 to 0.6 | |
| Nb | 0 to 0.45 | |
| C | 0 to 0.070 | |
| P | 0 to 0.040 | |
| S | 0 to 0.015 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
EN 10088-2: Stainless steels - Part 2: Technical delivery conditions for sheet/plate and strip of corrosion resisting steels for general purposes
EN 10088-1: Stainless steels - Part 1: List of stainless steels
Corrosion of Stainless Steels, A. John Sedriks, 1996
Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj et al. (editors), 2010
CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 4th ed., James F. Shackelford et al. (editors), 2015