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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. S39277 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and S39277 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% 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 S39277 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 360
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 43
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 440
480
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 690
600
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 860
660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
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
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
23
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
4.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
43
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 250
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1870
1070
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.2 to 2.0
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
56.8 to 64.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
6.5 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.23 to 0.33
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0020
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.8 to 1.2