AISI 422 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0303 Steel
Both AISI 422 stainless steel and EN 1.0303 steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 422 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0303 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 to 330 | |
| 84 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 17 | |
| 12 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 500 | |
| 150 to 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 40 | |
| 75 to 86 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 660 | |
| 220 to 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1080 | |
| 290 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 670 to 870 | |
| 200 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.7 | |
| 6.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.3 | |
| 7.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 30 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1140 to 1910 | |
| 110 to 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 38 | |
| 10 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 30 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.4 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 39 | |
| 9.2 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.9 to 85.8 | |
| 99.335 to 99.71 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |