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AISI 304N Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7216 Steel

Both AISI 304N stainless steel and EN 1.7216 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304N stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7216 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 360
200 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.1 to 45
12 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 440
290 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 700
410 to 560
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1180
650 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 850
400 to 690

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98 to 280
110 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180 to 1830
430 to 1280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 42
23 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 32
21 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 26
19 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.27 to 0.34
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0.8 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 66.4 to 73.9
97.2 to 98.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.35 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035

Comparable Variants