AISI 440B Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7362 Steel
Both AISI 440B stainless steel and EN 1.7362 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 440B stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7362 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 18 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 850 | |
| 140 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 1110 | |
| 320 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 1930 | |
| 510 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 1860 | |
| 200 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 510 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 23 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 9.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 4.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 69 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 6.9 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 57 to 110 | |
| 90 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 70 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 45 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 70 | |
| 14 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.2 to 83.3 | |
| 91.5 to 95.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |