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ASTM Grade HT Steel vs. AISI 304LN Stainless Steel

Both ASTM grade HT steel and AISI 304LN stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 ASTM grade HT steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304LN stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
190 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.6
7.8 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
200 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
580 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
230 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 400
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1010
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
16
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.4
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19
83 to 270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
140 to 1900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
21 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
20 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
13 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.75
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 19
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 38.2 to 51.7
65 to 73.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 33 to 37
8.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.16
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 2.5
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030