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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. S36200 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and S36200 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 S36200 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 43
3.4 to 4.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 440
450 to 570
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 690
680 to 810
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
1180 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 860
960 to 1240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
530
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
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
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 250
46 to 51
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1870
2380 to 3930
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
42 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
32 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
40 to 48

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.1
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
14 to 14.5
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
75.4 to 79.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
6.5 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.6 to 0.9

Comparable Variants