EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 410 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4542 stainless steel and AISI 410 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4542 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 410 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 20 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 370 to 640 | |
| 190 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 860 | |
| 330 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 1470 | |
| 520 to 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1300 | |
| 290 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1530 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1480 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 160 | |
| 97 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4360 | |
| 210 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 52 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 18 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 79 | |
| 83.5 to 88.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |