AISI 314 Stainless Steel vs. AWS E240
Both AISI 314 stainless steel and AWS E240 are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 314 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS E240.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
17 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
770 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
290 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
1390 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
1350 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
14 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
3.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 62 | |
42 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
160 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
22 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
28 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
24 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
3.9 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
19 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.060 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 26 | |
17 to 19 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Iron (Fe), % | 46.7 to 56.5 | |
58.6 to 68.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
10.5 to 13.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
4.0 to 6.0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.3 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |