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EN 1.3542 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3542 stainless steel and EN 1.4646 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 1.4646 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 380
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 770
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
13
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 29
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
23
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.7
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 12.5 to 14.5
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 82.7 to 87.5
59 to 67.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
10.5 to 12.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015