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Hardened (H) 422 Stainless Steel

Hardened AISI 422 is AISI 422 stainless steel in the hardened (H) condition. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare hardened AISI 422 to: wrought martensitic stainless steels (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness

260

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

200 GPa 28 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

17 %

Fatigue Strength

410 MPa 59 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.28

Reduction in Area

40 %

Rockwell C Hardness

21

Shear Modulus

76 GPa 11 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

560 MPa 81 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

910 MPa 130 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

670 MPa 97 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

270 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Corrosion

380 °C 720 °F

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

650 °C 1200 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

1480 °C 2700 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

1470 °C 2680 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

470 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

24 W/m-K 14 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

10 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

4.7 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

5.3 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

11 % relative

Density

7.9 g/cm3 490 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

3.1 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

44 MJ/kg 19 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

100 L/kg 12 gal/lb

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance)

17

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

140 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

1140 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

25 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

32 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

26 points

Thermal Diffusivity

6.4 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

33 points

Alloy Composition

Iron (Fe)Fe 81.9 to 85.8
Chromium (Cr)Cr 11 to 12.5
Molybdenum (Mo)Mo 0.9 to 1.3
Tungsten (W)W 0.9 to 1.3
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0.5 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni)Ni 0.5 to 1.0
Silicon (Si)Si 0 to 0.5
Vanadium (V)V 0.2 to 0.3
Carbon (C)C 0.2 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P)P 0 to 0.025
Sulfur (S)S 0 to 0.025

All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.

Followup Questions

Further Reading

ASTM A565: Standard Specification for Martensitic Stainless Steel Bars for High-Temperature Service

ASTM A176: Standard Specification for Stainless and Heat-Resisting Chromium Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip

ASTM A276: Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes

Advanced Materials in Automotive Engineering, Jason Rowe (editor), 2012

ASTM A959: Standard Guide for Specifying Harmonized Standard Grade Compositions for Wrought Stainless Steels

Corrosion of Stainless Steels, A. John Sedriks, 1996

ASM Specialty Handbook: Stainless Steels, J. R. Davis (editor), 1994

Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj et al. (editors), 2010