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AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 446 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 420 stainless steel and AISI 446 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 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 AISI 446 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 15
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 670
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Rockwell B Hardness 84
84
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
79
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 1010
360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690 to 1720
570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1310
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 620
1180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.0
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.5
2.3

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
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 14
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 88 to 130
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 4410
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 62
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 41
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.3
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 62
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
23 to 27
Iron (Fe), % 82.3 to 87.9
69.2 to 77
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.75
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 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 0.030