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EN 1.4409 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 8620 Steel

Both EN 1.4409 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 8620 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4409 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 8620 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
150 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
13 to 31
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180
270 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
520 to 690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220
360 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
2.6
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
86 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120
340 to 880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
18 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
18 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
15 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.18 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0.4 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 61.7 to 71
96.9 to 98
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.7 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
0.4 to 0.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040