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EN 1.4849 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI H42 Steel

Both EN 1.4849 stainless steel and SAE-AISI H42 steel are iron alloys. They have 43% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4849 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H42 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
700 to 1980

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
440
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 42
24
Density, g/cm3 8.0
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.1
8.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 100
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
98

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
31
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
23 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
21 to 42
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
20 to 57

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.55 to 0.7
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 21
3.8 to 4.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 32.6 to 43.5
79.3 to 83.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.15 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
4.5 to 5.5
Nickel (Ni), % 36 to 39
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 1.2 to 1.8
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
5.5 to 6.8
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.8 to 2.2