AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A302 Alloy Steel
Both AISI 304L stainless steel and ASTM A302 alloy steel are iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304L stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A302 alloy steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 350 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 to 46 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 430 | |
| 250 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 680 | |
| 370 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 1160 | |
| 590 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 350 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 540 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 39 to 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.2 to 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.2 to 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 2.4 to 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 48 to 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 240 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 92 to 1900 | |
| 330 to 410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 31 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 17 to 18 |