AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 301 stainless steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 440 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.4 to 46 | |
| 17 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 600 | |
| 380 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 860 | |
| 510 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 1460 | |
| 700 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 1080 | |
| 390 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 840 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 300 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 2970 | |
| 380 to 2070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 52 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 37 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 3.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 31 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 59.5 to 67.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |