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S42300 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 444 Stainless Steel

Both S42300 stainless steel and AISI 444 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S42300 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 444 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 330
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.1
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 440
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 650
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1100
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 850
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 380
580
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 750
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
23
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 4.5
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 5.2
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 93
95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1840
240
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 39
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.8
6.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 40
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.27 to 0.32
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12
17.5 to 19.5
Iron (Fe), % 82 to 85.1
73.3 to 80.8
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.4
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.0
1.8 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.035
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 0.8
Vanadium (V), % 0.2 to 0.3
0