AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1030 Steel
Both AISI 304 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1030 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% 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 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1030 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 360 | |
| 150 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 440 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 330 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 530 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 300 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 77 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 230 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 17 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.28 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
| 98.7 to 99.12 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |