AISI 440A Stainless Steel vs. ASTM B817 Type II
AISI 440A stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ASTM B817 type II belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 440A stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM B817 type II.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
100 |
Elongation at Break, % | 5.0 to 20 | |
3.0 to 13 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 790 | |
390 to 530 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.32 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
40 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 1790 | |
900 to 960 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 to 1650 | |
780 to 900 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
400 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
350 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
1580 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
1530 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
550 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
37 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
4.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
40 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
650 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
220 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 120 | |
26 to 120 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
34 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 65 | |
55 to 58 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 43 | |
45 to 47 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 65 | |
62 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
5.0 to 6.0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.6 to 0.75 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Chlorine (Cl), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0.35 to 1.0 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Iron (Fe), % | 78.4 to 83.4 | |
0.35 to 1.0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Sodium (Na), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
1.5 to 2.5 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
82.1 to 87.8 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
5.0 to 6.0 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |