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AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4162 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 420 stainless steel and EN 1.4162 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 1.4162 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 15
32
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 670
410
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
78
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 1010
520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690 to 1720
780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1310
520

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 620
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.0
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.5
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
12
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 14
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 88 to 130
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 4410
690
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 62
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 41
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.3
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 62
21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
21 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.1 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 82.3 to 87.9
67.2 to 73.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.1 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
1.4 to 1.9
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015