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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. S13800 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and S13800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 S13800 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 360
290 to 480
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 43
11 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 440
410 to 870
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 690
610 to 1030
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
980 to 1730
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 860
660 to 1580

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
810
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 250
150 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1870
1090 to 5490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
35 to 61
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
28 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
33 to 58

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.9 to 1.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
12.3 to 13.2
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
73.6 to 77.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
7.5 to 8.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0080