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AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 52100 Steel

Both AISI 304L stainless steel and SAE-AISI 52100 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 SAE-AISI 52100 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 350
180 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 6.7 to 46
10 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 430
250 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 680
370 to 420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540 to 1160
590 to 2010
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
360 to 560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12 to 13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 71 to 240
54 to 310
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 92 to 1900
350 to 840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
21 to 72
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 31
20 to 45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
19 to 61

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.93 to 1.1
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
1.4 to 1.6
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 74
96.5 to 97.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.25 to 0.45
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants