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AISI 422 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5502 Steel

Both AISI 422 stainless steel and EN 1.5502 steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.5502 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260 to 330
120 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 15 to 17
12 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 500
190 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Reduction in Area, % 34 to 40
62 to 76
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 660
280 to 330
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 910 to 1080
400 to 1380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 670 to 870
270 to 440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 650
400
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
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 4.7
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 5.3
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 150
41 to 210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1140 to 1910
200 to 520
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 38
14 to 49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 30
15 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.4
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 39
12 to 40

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.25
0.15 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 81.9 to 85.8
98 to 99.249
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Tungsten (W), % 0.9 to 1.3
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.2 to 0.3
0

Comparable Variants