EN 1.4122 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4320 Steel
Both EN 1.4122 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4320 steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.4122 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4320 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 21 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 360 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 to 520 | |
| 370 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 850 | |
| 570 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 630 | |
| 430 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 33 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 52 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 93 to 110 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 520 to 1000 | |
| 480 to 560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 31 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 26 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 to 30 | |
| 19 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.33 to 0.45 | |
| 0.17 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 77.2 to 83.4 | |
| 95.8 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.3 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |