ASTM A203 Steel vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A203 steel and AISI 422 stainless 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 ASTM A203 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 180 | |
| 260 to 330 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 26 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 280 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 330 to 370 | |
| 560 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 590 | |
| 910 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 390 | |
| 670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 to 7.6 | |
| 4.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 to 8.7 | |
| 5.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.2 to 4.0 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.7 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 23 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 to 52 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 410 | |
| 1140 to 1910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 6.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 33 to 39 |