EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI T4 Steel
Both EN 1.4740 stainless steel and SAE-AISI T4 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 SAE-AISI T4 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
210 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
80 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
250 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
1810 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
1750 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
410 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
21 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
55 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
9.4 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
8.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
130 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
120 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
37 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
12 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
21 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.8 | |
5.4 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
0.7 to 0.8 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 19 | |
3.8 to 4.5 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
4.3 to 5.8 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 75.4 to 82.7 | |
66.3 to 72.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0.1 to 0.4 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0.4 to 1.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
0.2 to 0.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
17.5 to 19 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0.8 to 1.2 |