AISI 347 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1030 Steel
Both AISI 347 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1030 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 347 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1030 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 210 | |
| 150 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 46 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 270 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 460 | |
| 330 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 690 | |
| 530 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 350 | |
| 300 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 220 | |
| 77 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 310 | |
| 230 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 17 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.28 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.1 to 74 | |
| 98.7 to 99.12 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 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 |