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AISI 204 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4374 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 204 stainless steel and EN 1.4374 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 AISI 204 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4374 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 330
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 23 to 39
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320 to 720
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 500 to 700
550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730 to 1100
800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1080
400

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 850
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Electrical Properties

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

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
14
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240 to 250
270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 360 to 2940
400
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 40
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 31
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 24
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
17.5 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 69.6 to 76.4
63.5 to 67.9
Manganese (Mn), % 7.0 to 9.0
9.0 to 10
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 1.5 to 3.0
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.3
0.25 to 0.32
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.3 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030