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EN 1.3542 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3542 stainless steel and EN 1.4658 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 1.4658 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
81
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
900

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 380
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 770
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 29
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
25
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
4.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 29
61
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
49
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.9
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.7
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 12.5 to 14.5
26 to 29
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0.5 to 2.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 82.7 to 87.5
50.9 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.75
4.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.5 to 9.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.3 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010