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AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4547 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 420 stainless steel and EN 1.4547 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% 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 1.4547 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 15
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 670
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
80
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 1010
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690 to 1720
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1310
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 620
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.0
2.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.5
2.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
28
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
5.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
75
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
190

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 14
45
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 88 to 130
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 4410
290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 62
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 41
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.3
3.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 62
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
19.5 to 20.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.5 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 82.3 to 87.9
51 to 56.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
6.0 to 7.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
17.5 to 18.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.18 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010