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SAE-AISI 4140 Steel vs. EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 4140 steel and EN 1.4477 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 62% 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 SAE-AISI 4140 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4477 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 310
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 26
22 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360 to 650
420 to 490
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
81
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 660
550 to 580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690 to 1080
880 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 590 to 990
620 to 730

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 43
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

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

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.4
20
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
52
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 74 to 180
180 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 920 to 2590
940 to 1290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 38
31 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 30
26 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
3.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 32
23 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.38 to 0.43
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.8 to 1.1
28 to 30
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 96.8 to 97.8
56.6 to 63.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0.75 to 1.0
0.8 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.25
1.5 to 2.6
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.8 to 7.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.3 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants