AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel
Both AISI 420 stainless steel and AISI 410Cb stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 420 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 410Cb stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 200 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 670 | |
| 180 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 1010 | |
| 340 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1720 | |
| 550 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1310 | |
| 310 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 620 | |
| 730 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.5 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 130 | |
| 70 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 4410 | |
| 240 to 1600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 20 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 41 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 20 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 82.3 to 87.9 | |
| 84.5 to 89 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |