MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AISI 445 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4422 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 445 stainless steel and EN 1.4422 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% 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 445 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4422 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
380
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
76
Shear Strength, MPa 310
520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 480
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
760
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 21
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.6
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.0
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
11
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
1000
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.6
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 0.3 to 0.6
0.2 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 74.9 to 80.7
76.8 to 83.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.3 to 1.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.6
4.0 to 5.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.8
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.012
0 to 0.0030