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EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8201 Steel

Both EN 1.4301 stainless steel and EN 1.8201 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% 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 1.8201 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 330
310
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 91 to 94
38
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 430 to 550
390
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
450
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1500
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
5.7
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 220
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 820
530
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.030
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.0060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.040 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
1.9 to 2.6
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
93.6 to 96.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.1 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.050 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.020 to 0.080
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.0050 to 0.060
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.5 to 1.8
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.3