AISI 440C Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4580 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 440C stainless steel and EN 1.4580 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.4580 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 14 | |
40 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 840 | |
210 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
78 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 1120 | |
430 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 1970 | |
620 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1900 | |
250 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
480 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
950 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
16 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
2.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
22 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
4.3 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
60 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
25 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 39 to 88 | |
200 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 71 | |
22 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 46 | |
21 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.0 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 71 | |
14 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 1.0 to 1.2 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
16.5 to 18.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 78 to 83.1 | |
61.4 to 71 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
2.0 to 2.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
10.5 to 13.5 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.015 |