AISI 304LN Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1541 Steel
Both AISI 304LN stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1541 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 (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1541 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 350 | |
| 210 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.8 to 46 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 440 | |
| 260 to 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 680 | |
| 440 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1160 | |
| 720 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 870 | |
| 390 to 680 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 270 | |
| 78 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1900 | |
| 410 to 1250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 41 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 31 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.36 to 0.44 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 73.9 | |
| 97.8 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.16 | |
| 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 |