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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4028 Steel

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4028 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 (3, 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 4028 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 360
150 to 190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 43
14 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 440
180 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 690
310 to 380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
490 to 630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 860
260 to 520

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
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 250
81 to 95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1870
180 to 720
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
17 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
18 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
16 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.25 to 0.3
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
98.1 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.7 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0.035 to 0.050

Comparable Variants