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EN 1.5701 Steel vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5701 steel and AISI 422 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5701 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 160
260 to 330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 430 to 1300
910 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
650
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1470
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
4.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
5.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.4
11
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
100

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 46
32 to 38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 34
26 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
6.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 38
33 to 39

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.090 to 0.15
0.2 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.7
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.2 to 98.7
81.9 to 85.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0.5 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.9 to 1.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 0.8
0.5 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.9 to 1.3
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.3

Comparable Variants