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S33550 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304 Stainless Steel

Both S33550 stainless steel and AISI 304 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% 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 S33550 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
170 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 40
8.0 to 43
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270
210 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Shear Strength, MPa 470
400 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680
580 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
230 to 860

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 470
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
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 2.4
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 30
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
86 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
140 to 1870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
21 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
20 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.1
0 to 0.080
Cerium (Ce), % 0.025 to 0.070
0
Chromium (Cr), % 25 to 28
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 48.8 to 58.2
66.5 to 74
Lanthanum (La), % 0.025 to 0.070
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 16.5 to 20
8.0 to 10.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.050 to 0.15
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.18 to 0.25
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030