MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI T6 Steel

Both EN 1.4542 stainless steel and SAE-AISI T6 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 SAE-AISI T6 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
81
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 880 to 1470
880 to 2150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1830
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1770
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
18
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
70
Density, g/cm3 7.8
9.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
11
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
170
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
39
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
21
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 52
26 to 63
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 37
21 to 39
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
4.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29 to 49
26 to 64

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.75 to 0.85
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
4.0 to 4.8
Cobalt (Co), % 0
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 5.0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 69.6 to 79
55.9 to 63.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.2 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.6
0.4 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.0 to 5.0
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.45
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0.2 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
18.5 to 21
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.5 to 2.1