AISI 440C Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1074 Steel
Both AISI 440C stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1074 steel are iron alloys. They have 82% 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 SAE-AISI 1074 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 14 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 840 | |
| 290 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 1120 | |
| 440 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 1970 | |
| 740 to 820 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1900 | |
| 450 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 39 to 88 | |
| 77 to 94 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.0 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 24 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.0 to 1.2 | |
| 0.7 to 0.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78 to 83.1 | |
| 98.3 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |