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SAE-AISI 4028 Steel vs. S44700 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 4028 steel and S44700 stainless 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 (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 4028 steel and the bottom bar is S44700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150 to 190
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 23
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180 to 330
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
82
Shear Strength, MPa 310 to 380
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490 to 630
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 520
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 81 to 95
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180 to 720
480
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17 to 22
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 21
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 20
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.25 to 0.3
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 0
28 to 30
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.15
Iron (Fe), % 98.1 to 98.7
64.9 to 68.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 0.9
0 to 0.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.2 to 0.3
3.5 to 4.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.15
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.2
Sulfur (S), % 0.035 to 0.050
0 to 0.020