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AISI 422 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7230 Steel

Both AISI 422 stainless steel and EN 1.7230 steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 1.7230 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260 to 330
220 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 15 to 17
11 to 12
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 500
320 to 460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 910 to 1080
720 to 910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 670 to 870
510 to 740

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
44
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
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 150
79 to 97
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1140 to 1910
700 to 1460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 38
26 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 30
23 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.4
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 39
21 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.25
0.3 to 0.37
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0.8 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 81.9 to 85.8
96.7 to 98.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.3
0.15 to 0.3
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 0.6
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