AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. Monel K-500
AISI 304 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys. 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 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Monel K-500.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 440 | |
| 260 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 61 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 430 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 640 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 310 to 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 50 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -80 | |
| -100 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 180 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 300 to 2420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 21 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 19 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 4.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 21 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 3.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 63 to 70.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.85 |