EN 1.4028 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 444 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4028 stainless steel and AISI 444 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4028 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 444 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 400 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 930 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 730 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 580 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 94 to 96 | |
| 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 1360 | |
| 240 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 33 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 6.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 32 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.26 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 17.5 to 19.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.1 to 87.7 | |
| 73.3 to 80.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| 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 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |