AISI 204 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A588 Steel
Both AISI 204 stainless steel and ASTM A588 steel are iron alloys. There are 31 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 AISI 204 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A588 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 330 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 720 | |
| 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 700 | |
| 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 1100 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1080 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1410 to 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 43 to 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 2.3 to 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 35 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 50 to 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 240 to 250 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 2940 | |
| 400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 40 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 24 | |
| 16 |