AISI 440B Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7725 Steel
Both AISI 440B stainless steel and EN 1.7725 steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.7725 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 18 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 850 | |
| 390 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 1930 | |
| 830 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 1860 | |
| 610 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 440 |
| 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 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 2.8 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 57 to 110 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 70 | |
| 29 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 45 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 70 | |
| 24 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0.27 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.2 to 83.3 | |
| 95.7 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |