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AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. AISI 439 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301L stainless steel and AISI 439 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 AISI 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 439 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 50
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 530
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 660
310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1040
490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 790
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
530
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
3.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
34
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210 to 300
95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 1580
160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 37
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 29
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
6.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.15
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
77.1 to 82.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
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
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 1.1