Annealed AISI 304L vs. Annealed SAE-AISI 4340
Both annealed AISI 304L and annealed SAE-AISI 4340 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed AISI 304L and the bottom bar is annealed SAE-AISI 4340.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
| 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 42 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 540 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 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 | 16 | |
| 3.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 94 | |
| 590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 74 | |
| 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 12 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 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 |