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EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel vs. S44700 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4740 stainless steel and S44700 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, 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 S44700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
210
Elongation at Break, % 22
23
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
82

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
18
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.3
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
42
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 19
28 to 30
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.15
Iron (Fe), % 75.4 to 82.7
64.9 to 68.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
3.5 to 4.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.15
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020