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AISI 304N Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4340 Steel

Both AISI 304N stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4340 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304N stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4340 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 360
210 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.1 to 45
12 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 440
330 to 740
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 700
430 to 770
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1180
690 to 1280
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 850
470 to 1150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
430
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 16
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
3.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
53

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98 to 280
79 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180 to 1830
590 to 3490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 42
24 to 45
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 32
22 to 33
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 26
20 to 38

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.38 to 0.43
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0.7 to 0.9
Iron (Fe), % 66.4 to 73.9
95.1 to 96.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
1.7 to 2.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040

Comparable Variants