AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 304L stainless steel and AISI 420 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 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 304L stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 350 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 to 46 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 430 | |
| 220 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 79 | |
| 84 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 680 | |
| 420 to 1010 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 1160 | |
| 690 to 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 380 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 540 | |
| 620 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 3.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 3.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 240 | |
| 88 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 92 to 1900 | |
| 380 to 4410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 25 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 31 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 25 to 62 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 74 | |
| 82.3 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 12 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |