AISI 440C Stainless Steel vs. S31277 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 440C stainless steel and S31277 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 S31277 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 14 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 840 | |
| 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 1120 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 1970 | |
| 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1900 | |
| 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 6.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 90 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 51 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 39 to 88 | |
| 320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 20.5 to 23 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78 to 83.1 | |
| 35.5 to 46.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 6.5 to 8.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |