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AISI 446 Stainless Steel vs. S44330 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 446 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. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 446 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 200
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.27
Rockwell B Hardness 84
79
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
78
Shear Strength, MPa 360
280
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 570
440
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
560
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1180
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
2.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
3.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
13
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 27
22
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
91
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
5.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 27
20 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.3 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 69.2 to 77
72.5 to 79.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.25
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
0 to 0.8