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EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4340 Steel

Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4340 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4340 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
210 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
12 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
330 to 740
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 500
430 to 770
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
690 to 1280
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
470 to 1150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
3.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
53

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
79 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
590 to 3490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
24 to 45
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
22 to 33
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
20 to 38

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.020 to 0.1
0.38 to 0.43
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0.7 to 0.9
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 59 to 67.3
95.1 to 96.3
Manganese (Mn), % 10.5 to 12.5
0.6 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 4.5
1.7 to 2.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.040