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AISI 420F Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4501 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 420F stainless steel and EN 1.4501 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% 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 420F stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4501 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 18
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270
430
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
80
Shear Strength, MPa 460
540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 760
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.1
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.7
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
22
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 14
42
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 480
870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.8
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 27
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.4
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.5 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 82.4 to 87.6
57.6 to 65.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.3
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.5 to 1.0