AISI 204 Stainless Steel vs. Type 3 Magnetic Alloy
AISI 204 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 3 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 20% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 AISI 204 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Type 3 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 43 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 720 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 700 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 1100 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1080 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 35 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 240 to 250 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 2940 | |
| 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 40 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 24 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 76.4 | |
| 9.9 to 19 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 75 to 78 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |