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AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8509 Steel

Both AISI 420 stainless steel and EN 1.8509 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 AISI 420 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8509 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 15
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 670
580
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 1010
680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690 to 1720
1130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1310
940

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 620
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.0
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.5
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
2.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
65

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 14
2.6
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 88 to 130
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 4410
2340
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 62
40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 41
31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.3
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 62
33

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.4
0.38 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
1.5 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 82.3 to 87.9
95.5 to 97.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.2 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
0
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 0.035