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3/4-Hard 302 Stainless Steel

3/4-hard AISI 302 is AISI 302 stainless steel in the 3/4-hard temper. It has the second highest strength and second lowest ductility compared to the other variants of AISI 302 stainless steel. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare 3/4-hard AISI 302 to: wrought austenitic stainless steels (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness

420

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

200 GPa 29 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

6.8 %

Fatigue Strength

520 MPa 75 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.28

Shear Modulus

77 GPa 11 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

800 MPa 120 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

1370 MPa 200 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

1040 MPa 150 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

280 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Corrosion

410 °C 780 °F

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

710 °C 1300 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

1420 °C 2590 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

1400 °C 2550 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

480 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

16 W/m-K 9.4 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

17 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

2.4 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

2.8 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

15 % relative

Calomel Potential

-70 mV

Density

7.8 g/cm3 490 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

3.0 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

42 MJ/kg 18 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

140 L/kg 17 gal/lb

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance)

19

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

86 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

2750 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

25 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

49 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

35 points

Thermal Diffusivity

4.4 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

29 points

Alloy Composition

Iron (Fe)Fe 67.9 to 75
Chromium (Cr)Cr 17 to 19
Nickel (Ni)Ni 8.0 to 10
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0 to 2.0
Silicon (Si)Si 0 to 0.75
Carbon (C)C 0 to 0.15
Nitrogen (N)N 0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P)P 0 to 0.045
Sulfur (S)S 0 to 0.030

All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.

Followup Questions

Further Reading

ASTM A666: Standard Specification for Annealed or Cold-Worked Austenitic Stainless Steel Sheet, Strip, Plate, and Flat Bar

ASTM A276: Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes

Welding Metallurgy and Weldability of Stainless Steels, John C. Lippold and Damian J. Kotecki, 2005

ASTM A959: Standard Guide for Specifying Harmonized Standard Grade Compositions for Wrought Stainless Steels

Corrosion of Austenitic Stainless Steels: Mechanism, Mitigation and Monitoring, H. S. Khatak and B. Raj (editors), 2002

Pressure Vessels: External Pressure Technology, 2nd ed., Carl T. F. Ross, 2011

Austenitic Stainless Steels: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties, P. Marshall, 1984

Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels and High Performance Alloys, ASM Handbook vol. 1, ASM International, 1993

ASM Specialty Handbook: Stainless Steels, J. R. Davis (editor), 1994

Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj et al. (editors), 2010