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EN 1.3542 Stainless Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3542 stainless steel and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% 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 S45500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
280 to 500
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
1370 to 1850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 380
620
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 770
760
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
17
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 29
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
48 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
35 to 42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
48 to 64

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.7
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 12.5 to 14.5
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 82.7 to 87.5
71.5 to 79.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
7.5 to 9.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.5
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 0.030
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0 to 0.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.8 to 1.4