S13800 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A204 Steel
Both S13800 stainless steel and ASTM A204 steel are iron alloys. 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 S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A204 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 480 | |
| 160 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 870 | |
| 200 to 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 610 to 1030 | |
| 330 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1730 | |
| 520 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1580 | |
| 290 to 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 to 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 190 | |
| 90 to 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 5490 | |
| 220 to 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 61 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 58 | |
| 15 to 17 |