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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1025 Steel

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1025 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% 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 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1025 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 360
130 to 140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 43
17 to 28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 440
190 to 280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 690
290 to 310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
450 to 500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 860
250 to 420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
6.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
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 43
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 250
80 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1870
170 to 470
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
16 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
17 to 18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
14 to 16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.22 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
99.03 to 99.48
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
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