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AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4859 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301 stainless steel and EN 1.4859 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4859 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 440
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 7.4 to 46
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 600
140
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 1460
490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1080
210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
560
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
1050
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
36
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
88
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
190

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 99 to 300
91
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 2970
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 52
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 37
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
3.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
11

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.050 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
19 to 21
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
40.3 to 49
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
31 to 33
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.5 to 1.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030