AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. Solder Alloy 401
AISI 304L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while solder alloy 401 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304L stainless steel and the bottom bar is solder alloy 401.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 350 | |
| 9.0 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 50 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 to 46 | |
| 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 19 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 1160 | |
| 29 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 60 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 230 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 220 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 66 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 22 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 14 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 15 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 250 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 1200 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 3.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 1.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 31 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 1.9 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.9 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 74 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 12 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 98.5 to 99.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |