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EN 1.4527 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4340 Steel

Both EN 1.4527 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4340 steel are iron alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4527 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4340 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
210 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
12 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
330 to 740
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
690 to 1280
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
470 to 1150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 32
3.5
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 78
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 210
53

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
79 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 95
590 to 3490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
24 to 45
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
22 to 33
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
20 to 38

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.38 to 0.43
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
0.7 to 0.9
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 4.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 37.4 to 48.5
95.1 to 96.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.6 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 27.5 to 30.5
1.7 to 2.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040