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S31100 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 204 Stainless Steel

Both S31100 stainless steel and AISI 204 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S31100 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 204 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
210 to 330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.5
23 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
320 to 720
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Shear Strength, MPa 580
500 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
730 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 710
380 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 470
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
850
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
10
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 40
240 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1240
360 to 2940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36
27 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29
24 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 28
16 to 24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 25 to 27
15 to 17
Iron (Fe), % 63.6 to 69
69.6 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
7.0 to 9.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 7.0
1.5 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0