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AISI 422 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4125 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 422 stainless steel and EN 1.4125 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 422 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4125 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260 to 330
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 15 to 17
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 500
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 660
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 910 to 1080
800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 670 to 870
470

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 380
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 650
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1470
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 4.7
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 5.3
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
32
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 150
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1140 to 1910
570
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 38
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 30
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.4
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 39
29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.25
1.0 to 1.2
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 81.9 to 85.8
78 to 82.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.3
0.4 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
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 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0.9 to 1.3
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.2 to 0.3
0