EN 1.4424 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0225 Steel
Both EN 1.4424 stainless steel and EN 1.0225 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% 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 1.4424 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0225 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 | |
| 130 to 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 6.7 to 24 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 370 | |
| 170 to 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 | |
| 280 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 | |
| 440 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 500 | |
| 230 to 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 31 to 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 580 to 640 | |
| 140 to 390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.21 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 68.6 to 72.4 | |
| 98 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.4 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |