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AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3532 Steel

Both AISI 420 stainless steel and EN 1.3532 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 AISI 420 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3532 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
210 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690 to 1720
700 to 1420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 620
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.0
7.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.5
9.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
60

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 14
2.0
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 62
25 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 41
22 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.3
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 62
21 to 42

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.4
0.14 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
1.0 to 1.4
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 82.3 to 87.9
92.6 to 94.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.25 to 0.55
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
3.8 to 4.3
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants