EN 1.4421 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4421 stainless steel and AISI 422 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% 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 EN 1.4421 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 520 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 1100 | |
| 910 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 620 to 950 | |
| 670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 380 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 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 | 16 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 4.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 5.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 140 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 960 to 2270 | |
| 1140 to 1910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 39 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 30 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 6.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 39 | |
| 33 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 74.4 to 80.5 | |
| 81.9 to 85.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.5 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |