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S44660 Stainless Steel vs. S40945 Stainless Steel

Both S44660 stainless steel and S40945 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S44660 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S40945 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 20
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 88
69
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
75
Shear Strength, MPa 410
270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 510
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 640
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 21
8.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
94

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 38
11
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
89
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 25 to 28
10.5 to 11.7
Iron (Fe), % 60.4 to 71
85.1 to 89.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 3.5
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.2 to 1.0
0.18 to 0.4
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 1.0
0.050 to 0.2