AISI 440C Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0314 Steel
Both AISI 440C stainless steel and EN 1.0314 steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 440C stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0314 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 14 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 840 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 1120 | |
| 200 to 250 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 1970 | |
| 320 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1900 | |
| 190 to 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 6.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 7.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 39 to 88 | |
| 68 to 87 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.0 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 10 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 1.0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78 to 83.1 | |
| 99.365 to 99.78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |