S30415 Stainless Steel vs. N08904 Stainless Steel
Both S30415 stainless steel and N08904 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S30415 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N08904 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 38 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 84 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 1.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 5.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 79 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 37 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.6 | |
| 3.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.040 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0.030 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.8 to 71.8 | |
| 38.8 to 53 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 10 | |
| 23 to 28 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.12 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |