MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4841 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4841 stainless steel and AISI 420 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 66% 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 1.4841 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 32
8.0 to 15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
220 to 670
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
76
Shear Strength, MPa 430
420 to 1010
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
690 to 1720
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
380 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
620
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
27
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
3.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
3.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 62
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
14
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
88 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170
380 to 4410
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
25 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
22 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
7.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
25 to 62

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0.15 to 0.4
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
12 to 14
Iron (Fe), % 47.1 to 55.5
82.3 to 87.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
0 to 0.75
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.5 to 2.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030