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AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5024 Steel

Both AISI 420 stainless steel and EN 1.5024 steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 1.5024 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
200 to 470
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690 to 1720
670 to 1930

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 620
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
50
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.0
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.5
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
45

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 62
24 to 69
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 41
22 to 45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.3
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 62
20 to 58

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.4
0.42 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
0
Iron (Fe), % 82.3 to 87.9
96.7 to 97.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.5 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025

Comparable Variants