AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 304 stainless steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 360 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 17 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 440 | |
| 380 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 510 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 700 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 390 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 380 to 2070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 3.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
| 59.5 to 67.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |