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AISI 204 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4303 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 204 stainless steel and EN 1.4303 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% 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 AISI 204 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4303 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 330
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 23 to 39
13 to 49
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320 to 720
220 to 320
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 500 to 700
420 to 540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730 to 1100
590 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1080
230 to 560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 850
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
17
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240 to 250
110 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 360 to 2940
140 to 800
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 40
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 31
20 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 24
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 69.6 to 76.4
64.8 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 7.0 to 9.0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.5 to 3.0
11 to 13
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants