AISI 430 Stainless Steel vs. Full-hard AISI 302
Both AISI 430 stainless steel and full-hard AISI 302 are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 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 430 stainless steel and the bottom bar is full-hard AISI 302.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 | |
| 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 24 | |
| 4.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 | |
| 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.5 | |
| 15 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -220 | |
| -70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 | |
| 59 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 3070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 79.1 to 84 | |
| 67.9 to 75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |