EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0038 Steel
Both EN 1.4542 stainless steel and EN 1.0038 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 EN 1.0038 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 20 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 370 to 640 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 860 | |
| 240 to 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 1470 | |
| 380 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1300 | |
| 200 to 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 160 | |
| 72 to 88 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4360 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 52 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 79 | |
| 97.1 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.014 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |