AISI 422 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7711 Steel
Both AISI 422 stainless steel and EN 1.7711 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% 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 1.7711 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 to 330 | |
| 210 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 17 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 500 | |
| 290 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 660 | |
| 440 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1080 | |
| 690 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 670 to 870 | |
| 400 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 430 |
| 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 | |
| 33 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.7 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.3 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 2.9 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 130 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1140 to 1910 | |
| 430 to 1690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 38 | |
| 24 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 30 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.4 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 39 | |
| 24 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0.36 to 0.44 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.9 to 85.8 | |
| 96 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.85 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0.5 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |