S44725 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
Both S44725 stainless steel and AISI 422 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 S44725 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 180 | |
260 to 330 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
15 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
410 to 500 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 320 | |
560 to 660 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
910 to 1080 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
270 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 500 | |
380 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
650 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
1480 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1470 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
24 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
10 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
4.7 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
5.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
11 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
3.1 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
44 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
100 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 33 | |
17 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 | |
140 to 150 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
1140 to 1910 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
32 to 38 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
26 to 30 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
6.4 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
33 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0.2 to 0.25 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 25 to 28.5 | |
11 to 12.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 67.6 to 73.5 | |
81.9 to 85.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0.5 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
0.9 to 1.3 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0.5 to 1.0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.26 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.018 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.26 | |
0 |
Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
0.9 to 1.3 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0.2 to 0.3 |