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AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304L stainless steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% 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 304L stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 350
210 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.7 to 46
17 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 430
380 to 550
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 680
510 to 620
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540 to 1160
700 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
390 to 910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 71 to 240
160 to 310
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 92 to 1900
380 to 2070
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
25 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 31
23 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
3.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
15 to 21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
19 to 21.5
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 74
59.5 to 67.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
8.0 to 10
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
5.5 to 7.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.15 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants