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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI M48 Steel

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and SAE-AISI M48 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M48 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
890 to 2390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1670
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
420
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
48
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
13
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
190
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
37
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
28 to 76
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
23 to 45
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
26 to 71

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
1.4 to 1.5
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
3.5 to 4.0
Cobalt (Co), % 0
8.0 to 10
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
63.8 to 69.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.15 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.8 to 5.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.15 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
9.5 to 10.5
Vanadium (V), % 0
2.8 to 3.3

Comparable Variants