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EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel vs. N08925 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4542 stainless steel and N08925 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 N08925 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 5.7 to 20
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370 to 640
310
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
80
Shear Strength, MPa 550 to 860
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 880 to 1470
680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1300
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 860
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
33
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
84
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
44
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 62 to 160
250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 880 to 4360
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 52
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 37
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
3.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29 to 49
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
19 to 21
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 5.0
0.8 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 69.6 to 79
42.7 to 50.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.6
6.0 to 7.0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.0 to 5.0
24 to 26
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.45
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030