AISI 302 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A285 Carbon Steel
Both AISI 302 stainless steel and ASTM A285 carbon steel are iron alloys. There are 31 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 302 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A285 carbon steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 440 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 46 | |
| 30 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 520 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 830 | |
| 250 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1430 | |
| 380 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 1100 | |
| 190 to 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 to 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 to 260 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 3070 | |
| 94 to 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 51 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 36 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 31 | |
| 12 to 14 |