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AISI 304LN Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A372 Grade M Steel

Both AISI 304LN stainless steel and ASTM A372 grade M steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 304LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A372 grade M steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 350
240 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 7.8 to 46
18 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 440
450 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 680
510 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1160
810 to 910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 870
660 to 770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
450
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
8.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
9.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
61

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
3.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83 to 270
160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1900
1140 to 1580
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 41
29 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 31
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 26
24 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
1.5 to 2.0
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 73.9
92.5 to 95.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.2 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
2.8 to 3.9
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080

Comparable Variants