AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 420 stainless steel and EN 1.4104 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4104 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 670 | |
| 230 to 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 1010 | |
| 400 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1720 | |
| 630 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1310 | |
| 350 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 620 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.5 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 8.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 130 | |
| 77 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 4410 | |
| 310 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 41 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.3 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 22 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.1 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 82.3 to 87.9 | |
| 78.8 to 84.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| 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 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |