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EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4596 stainless steel and EN 1.4542 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% 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 1.4596 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4542 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 1600
880 to 1470

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 790
860
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
13
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
17
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 56
31 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
26 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35 to 54
29 to 49

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 12.5
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.0 to 5.0
Iron (Fe), % 73.4 to 76.4
69.6 to 79
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.9 to 2.2
0 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 9.2 to 10.2
3.0 to 5.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.45
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0.28 to 0.4
0

Comparable Variants