AISI 302 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0456 Steel
Both AISI 302 stainless steel and EN 1.0456 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 (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 302 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0456 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 440 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 46 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 520 | |
| 210 to 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 830 | |
| 270 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1430 | |
| 420 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 1100 | |
| 290 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 to 260 | |
| 93 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 3070 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 51 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 36 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 31 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 75 | |
| 96.7 to 99.48 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |