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AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. S30601 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304L stainless steel and S30601 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304L stainless steel and the bottom bar is S30601 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
37
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 430
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 680
450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540 to 1160
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
370
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
20
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 71 to 240
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 92 to 1900
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 31
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
17 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.35
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 74
56.9 to 60.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
17 to 18
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.050
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
5.0 to 5.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.013