EN 1.6554 Steel vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6554 steel and AISI 422 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6554 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 280 | |
| 260 to 330 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 21 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 520 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 930 | |
| 910 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 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 | 40 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 4.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 5.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1650 | |
| 1140 to 1910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 6.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 33 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.23 to 0.28 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 97.3 | |
| 81.9 to 85.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 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 to 0.030 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |