AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4371 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 420 stainless steel and EN 1.4371 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 420 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4371 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 45 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 670 | |
| 290 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 1010 | |
| 520 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1720 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1310 | |
| 320 to 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 620 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.5 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 130 | |
| 270 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 4410 | |
| 250 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 41 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.3 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 82.3 to 87.9 | |
| 66.7 to 74.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |