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AISI 302 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 309 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 302 stainless steel and AISI 309 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 302 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 309 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 440
180 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.5 to 46
34 to 47
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 520
250 to 280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 830
420 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1430
600 to 710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1100
260 to 350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 59 to 260
200 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 3070
170 to 310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 51
21 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 36
20 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
14 to 16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
22 to 24
Iron (Fe), % 67.9 to 75
58 to 66
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
12 to 15
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030