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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. K93500 Alloy

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and K93500 alloy are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is K93500 alloy.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
490 to 810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
30
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
4.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
65
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
17 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
17 to 23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
15 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.1
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0 to 0.25
Cobalt (Co), % 0
5.0
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
61.4 to 63
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
32
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.1

Comparable Variants