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AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4597 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301 stainless steel and EN 1.4597 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4597 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 440
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 7.4 to 46
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 600
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 860
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 1460
680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1080
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
860
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
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 2.7
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 99 to 300
250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 2970
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 52
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 37
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
15 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0
2.0 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
63 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
6.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.1 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030