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AISI 302 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1548 Steel

Both AISI 302 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1548 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 302 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1548 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 440
220 to 250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.5 to 46
11 to 16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 520
270 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 830
440 to 500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1430
730 to 830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1100
420 to 690

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 59 to 260
79 to 99
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 3070
470 to 1280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 51
26 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 36
23 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
23 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.44 to 0.52
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Iron (Fe), % 67.9 to 75
98 to 98.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
1.1 to 1.4
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050