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AISI 302 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 22 Steel

Both AISI 302 stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 22 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 ASTM A387 grade 22 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 440
150 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.5 to 46
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 520
160 to 240
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 830
300 to 380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1430
480 to 600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1100
230 to 350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
460
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
3.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
58

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
5.6
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 59 to 260
85 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 3070
140 to 320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 51
17 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 36
17 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
14 to 17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.050 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
2.0 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 67.9 to 75
95.1 to 96.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025

Comparable Variants