EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4122 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4938 stainless steel and EN 1.4122 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4122 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 520 | |
| 260 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 630 | |
| 480 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 1030 | |
| 790 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 640 to 870 | |
| 450 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 93 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1050 to 1920 | |
| 520 to 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 37 | |
| 28 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 25 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 28 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.33 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.5 to 84.8 | |
| 77.2 to 83.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |