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AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4140 Steel

Both AISI 301L stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4140 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4140 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
200 to 310
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 50
11 to 26
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 530
360 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 660
410 to 660
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1040
690 to 1080
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 790
590 to 990

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210 to 300
74 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 1580
920 to 2590
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 37
25 to 38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 29
22 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
20 to 32

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.38 to 0.43
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0.8 to 1.1
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
96.8 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040

Comparable Variants