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AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A372 Grade M Steel

Both AISI 301 stainless steel and ASTM A372 grade M steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A372 grade M steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 440
240 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 7.4 to 46
18 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 600
450 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 860
510 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 1460
810 to 910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1080
660 to 770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
450
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
8.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
9.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
61

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
3.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 99 to 300
160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 2970
1140 to 1580
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 52
29 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 37
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
24 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
1.5 to 2.0
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
92.5 to 95.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.2 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
2.8 to 3.9
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080

Comparable Variants