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AISI 409 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 204 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 409 stainless steel and AISI 204 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% 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 409 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 204 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 24
23 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140
320 to 720
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Shear Strength, MPa 270
500 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 420
730 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
380 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
850
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
10
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 94
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 11
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83
240 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
360 to 2940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15
27 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
24 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.7
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
16 to 24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 11.7
15 to 17
Iron (Fe), % 84.9 to 89.5
69.6 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
7.0 to 9.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
1.5 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.75
0