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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI T2 Steel

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and SAE-AISI T2 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 T2 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
780 to 2150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1820
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1760
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
410
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
19
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
46
Density, g/cm3 7.8
9.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
11
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
170
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
98

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
36
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
21
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
23 to 64
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
20 to 40
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
4.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
23 to 65

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.8 to 0.9
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
3.8 to 4.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
70.8 to 75.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.2 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.2 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
17.5 to 19
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.8 to 2.4

Comparable Variants