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S30600 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304 Stainless Steel

Both S30600 stainless steel and AISI 304 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 S30600 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
170 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
8.0 to 43
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250
210 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 430
400 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
580 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
230 to 860

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 350
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
15
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
86 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
140 to 1870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
21 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
20 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.018
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 18.5
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 58.9 to 65.3
66.5 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 14 to 15.5
8.0 to 10.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 3.7 to 4.3
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030