EN 1.1122 Steel vs. AISI 416 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1122 steel and AISI 416 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 EN 1.1122 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 416 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 100 to 130 | |
| 230 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 21 | |
| 13 to 31 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 260 | |
| 230 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 290 | |
| 340 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 460 | |
| 510 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 370 | |
| 290 to 600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 680 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1530 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1480 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 36 to 89 | |
| 98 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 360 | |
| 220 to 940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 16 | |
| 18 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 19 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.7 to 99.62 | |
| 83.2 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |