MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4655 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4542 stainless steel and EN 1.4655 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 1.4542 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4655 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 5.7 to 20
23 to 25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370 to 640
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
78
Shear Strength, MPa 550 to 860
460
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 880 to 1470
720 to 730
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1300
450 to 480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 860
1050
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 62 to 160
150 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 880 to 4360
510 to 580
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 52
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 37
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29 to 49
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
22 to 24
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 5.0
1.0 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 69.6 to 79
63.6 to 73.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.6
0.1 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 3.0 to 5.0
3.5 to 5.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.45
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.050 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015