AISI 422 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A572 Steel
Both AISI 422 stainless steel and ASTM A572 steel are iron alloys. There are 31 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 AISI 422 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A572 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 to 330 | |
| 140 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 17 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 500 | |
| 240 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 660 | |
| 300 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1080 | |
| 470 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 670 to 870 | |
| 330 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.7 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.3 | |
| 8.2 to 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 2.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1140 to 1910 | |
| 290 to 690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 38 | |
| 17 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 30 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.4 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 39 | |
| 14 to 18 |