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EN 1.4587 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4587 stainless steel and AISI 420 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 52% 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 EN 1.4587 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
8.0 to 15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
220 to 670
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
690 to 1720
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
380 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
620
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
27
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.8
3.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
3.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
7.5
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.3
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 87
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 230
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 43
14
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
88 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
380 to 4410
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
25 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
22 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
7.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
25 to 62

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.15 to 0.4
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
12 to 14
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 32.7 to 41.9
82.3 to 87.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 28 to 30
0 to 0.75
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030