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SAE-AISI 4140 Steel vs. S28200 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 4140 steel and S28200 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 4140 steel and the bottom bar is S28200 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 310
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 26
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360 to 650
430
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 660
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690 to 1080
870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 590 to 990
460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.4
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 74 to 180
330
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 920 to 2590
540
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 38
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 30
27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 32
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.38 to 0.43
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0.8 to 1.1
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.75 to 1.3
Iron (Fe), % 96.8 to 97.8
57.7 to 64.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.75 to 1.0
17 to 19
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.25
0.75 to 1.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030