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EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4620 Steel

Both EN 1.4477 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4620 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% 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 1.4477 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4620 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
150 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 23
16 to 27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 420 to 490
260 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
73
Shear Strength, MPa 550 to 580
320 to 420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 880 to 930
490 to 680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620 to 730
350 to 550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
3.2
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180 to 190
100 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 940 to 1290
330 to 800
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 33
17 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 27
18 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.5
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 25
15 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.17 to 0.22
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
0
Iron (Fe), % 56.6 to 63.6
96.4 to 97.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.8 to 1.5
0.45 to 0.65
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.6
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 5.8 to 7.5
1.7 to 2.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.040

Comparable Variants