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AISI 204 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7386 Steel

Both AISI 204 stainless steel and EN 1.7386 steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 1.7386 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 330
170 to 200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23 to 39
18 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320 to 720
170 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Shear Strength, MPa 500 to 700
340 to 410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730 to 1100
550 to 670
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1080
240 to 440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 850
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
9.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
6.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
88

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
12
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240 to 250
92 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 360 to 2940
150 to 490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 40
20 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 31
19 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 24
15 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.080 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
8.0 to 10
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 69.6 to 76.4
86.8 to 90.5
Manganese (Mn), % 7.0 to 9.0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.25 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010

Comparable Variants