Solution Annealed (+AT) 1.4542 Stainless Steel
EN 1.4542 +AT steel is EN 1.4542 stainless steel in the solution annealed (AT) condition. It has the lowest ductility compared to the other variants of EN 1.4542 stainless steel.
The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN 1.4542 +AT 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
Brinell Hardness
320
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa 28 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
5.7 %
Fatigue Strength
520 MPa 76 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.28
Shear Modulus
76 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
640 MPa 92 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
1090 MPa 160 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
1080 MPa 160 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)
62 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
3030 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
25 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
39 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
30 points
Thermal Diffusivity
4.3 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
36 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 10088-3: Stainless steels - Part 3: Technical delivery conditions for semi-finished products, bars, rods, wire, sections and bright products 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