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AISI 302 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 418 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 302 stainless steel and AISI 418 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% 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 418 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 440
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.5 to 46
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 520
520
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 830
680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1430
1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1100
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
770
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1500
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1460
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
3.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 59 to 260
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 3070
1830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 51
38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 36
29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
6.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
40

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.15 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
12 to 14
Iron (Fe), % 67.9 to 75
78.5 to 83.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
1.8 to 2.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
2.5 to 3.5