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S31277 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304 Stainless Steel

Both S31277 stainless steel and AISI 304 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S31277 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
8.0 to 43
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380
210 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Shear Strength, MPa 600
400 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
580 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410
230 to 860

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 430
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
15
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.7
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 90
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 51
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
86 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 410
140 to 1870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
21 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
20 to 32
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 35.5 to 46.2
66.5 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 3.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.5 to 8.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 26 to 28
8.0 to 10.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.4
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 0.010
0 to 0.030