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AISI 441 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1552 Steel

Both AISI 441 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1552 steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 441 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1552 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
220 to 250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
11 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180
290 to 400
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 300
460 to 510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
760 to 840
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
460 to 650

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 23
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.7
11
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.1
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 92
81 to 98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
560 to 1130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
27 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
24 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.1
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
26 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.47 to 0.55
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 76 to 82.2
97.9 to 98.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
1.2 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.3 to 0.9
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 0.1 to 0.5
0