Type 4 Magnetic Alloy vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 422 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 40 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 400 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 630 | |
| 560 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1100 | |
| 910 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 1040 | |
| 670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 4.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 5.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 210 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 22 to 200 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 2840 | |
| 1140 to 1910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 35 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 27 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 37 | |
| 33 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.5 to 17.5 | |
| 81.9 to 85.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 6.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 79 to 82 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 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 |