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Grade TDCrV Steel vs. AISI 304 Stainless Steel

Both grade TDCrV steel and AISI 304 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade TDCrV steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 520
170 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1730
580 to 1180

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 49
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
150

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 61
21 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 41
20 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 51
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.62 to 0.72
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.6
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.8 to 98.8
66.5 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 10.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.25
0