EN 1.4418 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4422 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4418 stainless steel and EN 1.4422 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4418 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 20 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 480 | |
| 380 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 62 to 90 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 to 620 | |
| 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1000 | |
| 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 to 790 | |
| 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 170 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 730 to 1590 | |
| 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 36 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 36 | |
| 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.2 to 80.2 | |
| 76.8 to 83.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |