EN 1.4874 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 440B Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4874 stainless steel and AISI 440B stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 50% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4874 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 440B stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 | |
| 3.0 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 260 to 850 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 740 to 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 | |
| 430 to 1860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 560 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1150 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.6 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 29 | |
| 57 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 27 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 24 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 27 to 70 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.65 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 18.5 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 23 to 38.9 | |
| 78.2 to 83.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |