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EN 1.3542 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4422 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3542 stainless steel and EN 1.4422 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3542 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4422 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 380
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 770
760
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 29
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.1
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.6
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
11
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 29
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
17
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.9
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.7
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 12.5 to 14.5
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.2 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 82.7 to 87.5
76.8 to 83.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.75
1.3 to 1.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0030