EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 446 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4740 stainless steel and AISI 446 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4740 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 446 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 79 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 1180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
| 35 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 27 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.8 | |
| 4.6 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 19 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.4 to 82.7 | |
| 69.2 to 77 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |