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AISI 444 Stainless Steel vs. S44330 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 444 stainless steel and S44330 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 444 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S44330 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 23
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Rockwell B Hardness 83
79
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
78
Shear Strength, MPa 300
280
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
440
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 580
560
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 23
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
3.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
13
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
22
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 95
91
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.2
5.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
20 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.3 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 73.3 to 80.8
72.5 to 79.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.8 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.2 to 0.8
0 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 0.8
0 to 0.8