EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4320 Steel
Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4320 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% 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 EN 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4320 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 160 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 21 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 320 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
| 370 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 570 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 570 | |
| 430 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 52 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 800 | |
| 480 to 560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 19 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.17 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.5 | |
| 95.8 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 13 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |