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AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs.
AISI 304 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 301 stainless steel and AISI 304 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very
high 96% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301 stainless steel and the bottom
bar is AISI 304 stainless steel.
AISI 301 (S30100) Stainless Steel
AISI 304 (S30400) Stainless Steel
Metric Units
US Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
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190 to 440
Brinell
Hardness
170 to 360
Elastic 200
(Young's,
Tensile)
Modulus, GPa 200
7.4 to 46
Elongation at
Break, %
8.0 to 43
210 to 600
Fatigue
Strength, MPa
210 to 440
0.28
Poisson's Ratio
0.28
77
Shear
Modulus, GPa
77
410 to 860
Shear
Strength, MPa
400 to 690
Tensile 590 to 1460
Strength:
Ultimate (UTS),
MPa 580 to 1180
Tensile 230 to 1080
Strength: Yield
(Proof), MPa
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230 to 860
Thermal Properties
280
Latent Heat of
Fusion, J/g
290
Maximum 410
Temperature:
Corrosion, °C 420
Maximum 840
Temperature:
Mechanical, °C 710
Melting 1420
Completion
(Liquidus), °C 1450
1400
Melting Onset
(Solidus), °C
1400
Specific Heat 480
Capacity, J/kg-
K 480
Thermal 16
Conductivity,
W/m-K 16
Thermal
17
Expansion,
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µm/m-K
17
Electrical Properties
Electrical 2.4
Conductivity:
Equal Volume,
% IACS 2.4
Electrical
Conductivity: 2.7
Equal Weight
(Specific), % 2.7
IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal 13
Price, %
relative 15
-70
Calomel
Potential, mV
-80
7.8
Density,
Densi g/cm3
7.8
Embodied 2.7
Carbon, kg
CO2/kg
material 3.0
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39
Embodied
Energy, MJ/kg
43
130
Embodied
Water, L/kg
150
Common Calculations
18
PREN (Pitting
Resistance)
20
Resilience: 99 to 300
Ultimate (Unit
Rupture Work),
MJ/m3 86 to 250
Resilience: 130 to 2970
Unit (Modulus
of Resilience),
kJ/m3 140 to 1870
Stiffness to 14
Weight: Axial,
points 14
Stiffness to 25
Weight:
Bending,
points 25
Strength to 21 to 52
Weight: Axial,
points 21 to 42
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Strength to 20 to 37
Weight:
Bending,
points 20 to 32
Thermal 4.2
Diffusivity,
mm2/s 4.2
Thermal Shock 12 to 31
Resistance,
points 12 to 25
Alloy Composition
0 to 0.15
Carbon (C), %
0 to 0.080
16 to 18
Chromium (Cr),
%
18 to 20
70.7 to 78
Iron (Fe), %
66.5 to 74
0 to 2.0
Manganese
(Mn), %
0 to 2.0
6.0 to 8.0
Nickel (Ni), %
8.0 to 10.5
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0 to 0.1
Nitrogen (N), %
0 to 0.1
0 to 0.045
Phosphorus
(P), %
0 to 0.045
0 to 1.0
Silicon (Si), %
0 to 0.75
0 to 0.030
Sulfur (S), %
0 to 0.030
Comparable Variants
1/16-hard Temper
1/8-hard Temper
Annealed Condition
Half-hard Temper
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Quarter-hard Temper
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