Annealed (+A) 1.4122 Stainless Steel
EN 1.4122 +A steel is EN 1.4122 stainless steel in the annealed condition. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN 1.4122 +A steel to: wrought martensitic stainless steels (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
200 GPa 29 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
14 %
Fatigue Strength
260 MPa 38 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness
86
Shear Modulus
77 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
480 MPa 70 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
790 MPa 110 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
450 MPa 66 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
280 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion
400 °C 750 °F
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
870 °C 1590 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1440 °C 2630 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1400 °C 2550 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
480 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
15 W/m-K 8.7 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
10 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
2.2 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
2.5 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
9.5 % relative
Density
7.7 g/cm3 480 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
2.4 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
33 MJ/kg 14 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
120 L/kg 14 gal/lb
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance)
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
93 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
520 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
25 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
28 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
25 points
Thermal Diffusivity
4.0 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
28 points
Alloy Composition
| Fe | 77.2 to 83.4 | |
| Cr | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| Mo | 0.8 to 1.3 | |
| Mn | 0 to 1.5 | |
| Si | 0 to 1.0 | |
| Ni | 0 to 1.0 | |
| C | 0.33 to 0.45 | |
| P | 0 to 0.040 | |
| S | 0 to 0.015 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
EN 10088-2: Stainless steels - Part 2: Technical delivery conditions for sheet/plate and strip of corrosion resisting steels for general purposes
Welding Metallurgy, 2nd ed., Sindo Kou, 2003
EN 10088-3: Stainless steels - Part 3: Technical delivery conditions for semi-finished products, bars, rods, wire, sections and bright products of corrosion resisting steels for general purposes
Welding Metallurgy and Weldability of Stainless Steels, John C. Lippold and Damian J. Kotecki, 2005
EN 10088-1: Stainless steels - Part 1: List of stainless steels
Corrosion of Stainless Steels, A. John Sedriks, 1996
Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj et al. (editors), 2010