SAE-AISI 1330 Steel vs. AISI 302 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1330 steel and AISI 302 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 SAE-AISI 1330 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 302 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 210 | |
| 170 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 23 | |
| 4.5 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 380 | |
| 210 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 330 to 430 | |
| 400 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 710 | |
| 580 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 610 | |
| 230 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 76 to 100 | |
| 59 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 990 | |
| 140 to 3070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 25 | |
| 21 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 23 | |
| 20 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 12 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.33 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98 | |
| 67.9 to 75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.6 to 1.9 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |