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EN 1.4600 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4422 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4600 stainless steel and EN 1.4422 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4600 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4422 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 23
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290
380
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
76
Shear Strength, MPa 360
520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580
850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 730
760
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.4
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
11
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 12
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 470
1000
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.3
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.2 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 82 to 87.7
76.8 to 83.5
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.3 to 1.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0.3 to 1.0
4.0 to 5.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.025
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 0.015
0 to 0.0030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.35
0