AISI 302 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0038 Steel
Both AISI 302 stainless steel and EN 1.0038 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 302 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0038 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 440 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 46 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 520 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 830 | |
| 240 to 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1430 | |
| 380 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 1100 | |
| 200 to 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 to 260 | |
| 72 to 88 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 3070 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 51 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 36 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 31 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 75 | |
| 97.1 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.014 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |