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SAE-AISI O1 Steel vs. AISI 302 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI O1 steel and AISI 302 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI O1 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 302 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 640 to 2060
580 to 1430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 43
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.4
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
140

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 73
21 to 51
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 46
20 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 68
12 to 31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.85 to 1.0
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.6
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 95 to 97.4
67.9 to 75
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.4
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
8.0 to 10
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.3
0

Comparable Variants