AISI 440C Stainless Steel vs. ASTM B817 Type II
AISI 440C 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 440C stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM B817 type II.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 14 | |
| 3.0 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 840 | |
| 390 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 1970 | |
| 900 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1900 | |
| 780 to 900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 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 | 39 to 88 | |
| 26 to 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 55 to 58 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 45 to 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 62 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 1.0 to 1.2 | |
| 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 to 83.1 | |
| 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 |