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AISI 444 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 302 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 444 stainless steel and AISI 302 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 444 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 302 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
170 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 23
4.5 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
210 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Shear Strength, MPa 300
400 to 830
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
580 to 1430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
230 to 1100

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 580
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 23
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 95
59 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240
140 to 3070
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
21 to 51
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
20 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.2
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
12 to 31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 73.3 to 80.8
67.9 to 75
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.8 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
8.0 to 10
Niobium (Nb), % 0.2 to 0.8
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 0.8
0