AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. Engineering Porcelain
AISI 304 stainless steel and engineering porcelain belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. AISI 304 stainless steel is a metal, while engineering porcelain is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (31, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is engineering porcelain.
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
67 to 150 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.17 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
34 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
130 |
Thermal Properties
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
1170 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
600 to 1000 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
1.8 to 6.5 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
2.0 to 6.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
2.3 to 3.0 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
16 to 29 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
49 to 65 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
12 to 16 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
19 to 25 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
0.73 to 3.9 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
11 to 53 |