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EN 1.4466 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5140 Steel

Both EN 1.4466 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 5140 steel are iron alloys. They have 51% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4466 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210
170 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 42
12 to 29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250
220 to 570
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Shear Strength, MPa 440
360 to 600
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 640
560 to 970
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280
290 to 840

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 28
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.0
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 70
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
76 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200
220 to 1880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
20 to 34
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
19 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
16 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.38 to 0.43
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0.7 to 0.9
Iron (Fe), % 45.6 to 52.9
97.3 to 98.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.7 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 21 to 23
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.040