EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4104 stainless steel and EN 1.4542 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4104 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4542 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 23 | |
| 5.7 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 310 | |
| 370 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 450 | |
| 550 to 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 750 | |
| 880 to 1470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 560 | |
| 580 to 1300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.5 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 120 | |
| 62 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 800 | |
| 880 to 4360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 31 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 29 to 49 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.17 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.8 to 84.1 | |
| 69.6 to 79 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |