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EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 444 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4618 stainless steel and AISI 444 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 EN 1.4618 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 444 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 210
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 51
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 250
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 480 to 500
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 700
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 260
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
580
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
23
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270 to 280
95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 170
240
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 25
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
6.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 16
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
17.5 to 19.5
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 62.7 to 72.5
73.3 to 80.8
Manganese (Mn), % 5.5 to 9.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.8 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 5.5
0 to 1.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.035
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 0.8