S20910 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
Both S20910 stainless steel and AISI 422 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
| 260 to 330 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 62 | |
| 34 to 40 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
| 560 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 910 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
| 380 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 1140 to 1910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 6.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 33 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 81.9 to 85.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |