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S44735 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4140 Steel

Both S44735 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4140 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% 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 S44735 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4140 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
200 to 310
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 21
11 to 26
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
360 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
73
Shear Strength, MPa 390
410 to 660
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
690 to 1080
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 460
590 to 990

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 21
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.4
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
74 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 520
920 to 2590
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
25 to 38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
22 to 30
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
20 to 32

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.38 to 0.43
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0.8 to 1.1
Iron (Fe), % 60.7 to 68.4
96.8 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.6 to 4.2
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.2 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.045
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 1.0
0