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EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4418 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4301 stainless steel and EN 1.4418 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4418 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
16 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 330
350 to 480
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 91 to 94
62 to 90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 430 to 550
530 to 620
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
860 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
540 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 220
130 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 820
730 to 1590
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
31 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
26 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
31 to 36

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
15 to 17
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
73.2 to 80.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
4.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants