MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AISI 384 Stainless Steel vs. S41045 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 384 stainless steel and S41045 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 384 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S41045 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
740
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
29
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
8.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 16
13
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
7.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
12 to 13
Iron (Fe), % 60.9 to 68
83.8 to 88
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 17 to 19
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.6
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030