MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4421 Stainless Steel vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy

EN 1.4421 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4421 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 17
2.0 to 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 520
220 to 400
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 880 to 1100
620 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620 to 950
270 to 1040

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
440
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
60
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
10
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
210

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 140
22 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 960 to 2270
190 to 2840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 39
19 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 30
18 to 27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 31 to 39
21 to 37

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 15.5 to 17.5
0 to 0.3
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 74.4 to 80.5
9.5 to 17.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.7
3.5 to 6.0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 5.5
79 to 82
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.020

Comparable Variants