AISI 303 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI D2 Steel
Both AISI 303 stainless steel and SAE-AISI D2 steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 303 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 40 to 51 | |
| 5.0 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 360 | |
| 310 to 860 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 470 | |
| 460 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 690 | |
| 760 to 2000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 420 | |
| 470 to 1510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 4.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 5.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 92 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 440 | |
| 570 to 5940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 27 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 24 to 46 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 25 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.3 to 74.9 | |
| 81.3 to 86.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.1 |