EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4320 Steel
Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4320 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4320 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 160 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 21 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 550 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 370 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 570 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 430 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 52 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 480 to 560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 19 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.17 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 95.8 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |