AISI 440C Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4062 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 440C stainless steel and EN 1.4062 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 1.4062 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 14 | |
| 23 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 840 | |
| 410 to 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 1120 | |
| 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 1970 | |
| 770 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1900 | |
| 530 to 600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 2.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 27 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 39 to 88 | |
| 170 to 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 28 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.0 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 21 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 21.5 to 24 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78 to 83.1 | |
| 69.3 to 77.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.45 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.9 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.16 to 0.28 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |