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AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4581 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301 stainless steel and EN 1.4581 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4581 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 440
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 7.4 to 46
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 600
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 1460
510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1080
210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
21
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
4.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 99 to 300
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 2970
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 52
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 37
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
3.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
12

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
61.4 to 71
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
9.0 to 12
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030