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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. S32906 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and S32906 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S32906 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 360
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
210
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 43
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 440
460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
81
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 690
550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 860
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
20
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
3.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
52
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
190

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
41
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 250
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1870
950
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
3.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
28 to 30
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
56.6 to 63.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.8 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 2.6
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
5.8 to 7.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.3 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030