AISI 321 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI D4 Steel
Both AISI 321 stainless steel and SAE-AISI D4 steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 321 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D4 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 50 | |
| 8.4 to 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 270 | |
| 310 to 920 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 460 | |
| 460 to 1210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 690 | |
| 760 to 2060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 350 | |
| 470 to 1540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 4.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 5.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 230 | |
| 100 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 27 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 24 to 47 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 23 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 2.1 to 2.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.3 to 74 | |
| 80.6 to 86.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |