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Grade VDC Steel vs. AISI 321 Stainless Steel

Both grade VDC steel and AISI 321 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade VDC steel and the bottom bar is AISI 321 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 510
170 to 210
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 1700
590 to 690

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
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 8.1
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
45
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
140

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60
21 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
20 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 50
13 to 15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.75
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
0
Iron (Fe), % 98.3 to 99.35
65.3 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
9.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
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
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.7