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AISI 422 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3521 Steel

Both AISI 422 stainless steel and EN 1.3521 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 (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 EN 1.3521 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260 to 330
150 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 910 to 1080
490 to 1390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 650
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1470
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 4.7
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 5.3
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
52

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 38
17 to 49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 30
18 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.4
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 39
14 to 41

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.25
0.14 to 0.19
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0.8 to 1.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 81.9 to 85.8
96.8 to 98.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
1.0 to 1.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.4
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

Comparable Variants