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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 204 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and AISI 204 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 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 (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 204 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 360
210 to 330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 43
23 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 440
320 to 720
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 690
500 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
730 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 860
380 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
850
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
10
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 250
240 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1870
360 to 2940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
27 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
24 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
16 to 24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
15 to 17
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
69.6 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
7.0 to 9.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
1.5 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.15 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants