AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. 60Cr-40Ni Alloy
AISI 304L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. They have a modest 30% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304L stainless steel and the bottom bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 87 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 1160 | |
| 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 7.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 92 to 1900 | |
| 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 31 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 74 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 12 | |
| 34.5 to 42 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |