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EN 1.4749 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4749 stainless steel and AISI 420 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 1.4749 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 16
8.0 to 15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
220 to 670
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
76
Shear Strength, MPa 370
420 to 1010
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
690 to 1720
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320
380 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
620
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
27
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.6
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
3.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
3.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 31
14
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 80
88 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
380 to 4410
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
25 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
22 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
7.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
25 to 62

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.2
0.15 to 0.4
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
12 to 14
Iron (Fe), % 68.5 to 73.7
82.3 to 87.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.75
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030