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AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3553 Steel

Both AISI 301 stainless steel and EN 1.3553 steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3553 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 440
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 1460
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
440
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
10
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
24
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
96

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
31
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 52
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 37
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
6.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.78 to 0.86
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
3.9 to 4.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
80.7 to 83.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.7 to 5.2
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0
6.0 to 6.7
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.7 to 2.0