EN 1.4005 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4005 stainless steel and AISI 422 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% 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 EN 1.4005 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 21 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 290 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 450 | |
| 560 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 750 | |
| 910 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 to 500 | |
| 670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 4.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 5.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 110 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 to 650 | |
| 1140 to 1910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 6.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 33 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.060 to 0.15 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 82.4 to 87.8 | |
| 81.9 to 85.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |