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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7386 Steel

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and EN 1.7386 steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7386 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 360
170 to 200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 43
18 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 440
170 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 690
340 to 410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
550 to 670
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 860
240 to 440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
9.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
6.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
88

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
12
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 250
92 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1870
150 to 490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
20 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
19 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
15 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.080 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
8.0 to 10
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
86.8 to 90.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.25 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010

Comparable Variants