MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4421 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1022 Steel

Both EN 1.4421 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1022 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 SAE-AISI 1022 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 17
17 to 26
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 520
190 to 300
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 880 to 1100
480 to 550
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620 to 950
260 to 450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
400
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 16
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 140
88 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 960 to 2270
190 to 530
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 39
17 to 19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 30
17 to 19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 31 to 39
15 to 17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.18 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 15.5 to 17.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 74.4 to 80.5
98.7 to 99.12
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.7 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.7
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 5.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.050

Comparable Variants