Type 4 Magnetic Alloy vs. AISI 304 Stainless Steel
Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 304 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 24% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is AISI 304 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 40 | |
| 8.0 to 43 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 400 | |
| 210 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 630 | |
| 400 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1100 | |
| 580 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 1040 | |
| 230 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 210 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 22 to 200 | |
| 86 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 2840 | |
| 140 to 1870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 35 | |
| 21 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 27 | |
| 20 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 37 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.5 to 17.5 | |
| 66.5 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 79 to 82 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |