AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 431 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 304 stainless steel and AISI 431 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 (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 431 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 360 | |
| 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 440 | |
| 430 to 610 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 550 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 890 to 1380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 710 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 16 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 1270 to 2770 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 32 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 7.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 28 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
| 78.2 to 83.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 1.3 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |