S44401 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4523 Stainless Steel
Both S44401 stainless steel and EN 1.4523 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S44401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4523 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 | |
| 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 510 | |
| 500 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 | |
| 77 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.9 | |
| 5.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17.5 to 19.5 | |
| 17.5 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.1 to 80.6 | |
| 75.7 to 80.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.8 to 2.5 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0.15 to 0.8 |