SAE-AISI 1046 Steel vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1046 steel and AISI 422 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 SAE-AISI 1046 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 210 | |
| 260 to 330 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 17 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 390 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 39 to 50 | |
| 34 to 40 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 450 | |
| 560 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 740 | |
| 910 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 to 610 | |
| 670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 4.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 5.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 91 to 95 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 990 | |
| 1140 to 1910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 26 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 6.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 33 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 81.9 to 85.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |