AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4140 Steel
Both AISI 410Cb stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4140 steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 AISI 410Cb stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4140 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
| 200 to 310 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 11 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 460 | |
| 360 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 590 | |
| 410 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 960 | |
| 690 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 790 | |
| 590 to 990 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 730 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 97 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 to 130 | |
| 74 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 1600 | |
| 920 to 2590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 35 | |
| 25 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.3 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 35 | |
| 20 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.5 to 89 | |
| 96.8 to 97.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.050 to 0.3 | |
| 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 |