AISI 422 Stainless Steel vs. AWS E307
Both AISI 422 stainless steel and AWS E307 are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 422 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS E307.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 17 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1080 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.7 | |
| 2.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.3 | |
| 2.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 23 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 38 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 30 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.4 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 39 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0.040 to 0.14 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 18 to 21.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.9 to 85.8 | |
| 59.6 to 69.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 3.3 to 4.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 9.0 to 10.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |