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AISI 405 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 405 stainless steel and EN 1.4378 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 405 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
190 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 22
14 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
340 to 550
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 300
510 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
760 to 1130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
430 to 970

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 820
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1530
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1480
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
12
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 84
150 to 220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
470 to 2370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
28 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
24 to 31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 14.5
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 82.5 to 88.4
61.2 to 69
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
11.5 to 14.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.6
2.3 to 3.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030