SAE-AISI 4340 Steel vs. AISI 301LN Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 4340 steel and AISI 301LN stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 SAE-AISI 4340 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301LN stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 360 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 22 | |
| 23 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 740 | |
| 270 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 770 | |
| 450 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1280 | |
| 630 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 1150 | |
| 270 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 44 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.5 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 79 to 170 | |
| 220 to 290 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 3490 | |
| 180 to 1520 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 45 | |
| 22 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 33 | |
| 21 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 38 | |
| 14 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.43 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.1 to 96.3 | |
| 70.7 to 77.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.7 to 2.0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |