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EN 1.4805 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4805 stainless steel and EN 1.4542 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 1.4805 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
Elongation at Break, % 9.0
5.7 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
370 to 640
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
880 to 1470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
580 to 1300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
860
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 26
13
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.7
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 66
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 22
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 37
62 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
880 to 4360
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
31 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
26 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
29 to 49

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 23
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.0 to 5.0
Iron (Fe), % 44.9 to 56.8
69.6 to 79
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 27
3.0 to 5.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.45
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015