AISI 422 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7725 Steel
Both AISI 422 stainless steel and EN 1.7725 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.7725 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 to 330 | |
| 250 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 17 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 500 | |
| 390 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1080 | |
| 830 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 670 to 870 | |
| 610 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 440 |
| 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 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.7 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.3 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 2.8 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1140 to 1910 | |
| 980 to 1940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 38 | |
| 29 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 30 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.4 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 39 | |
| 24 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0.27 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.9 to 85.8 | |
| 95.7 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| 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 0.6 |
| 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 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |