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AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7233 Steel

Both AISI 301 stainless steel and EN 1.7233 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% 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 1.7233 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 440
210 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 7.4 to 46
18 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 600
270 to 530
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 860
450 to 590
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 1460
700 to 960
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1080
380 to 780

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
3.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
53

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
3.3
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 99 to 300
110 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 2970
380 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 52
25 to 34
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 37
22 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
21 to 28

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.39 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
1.2 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
96.2 to 97.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.5 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035

Comparable Variants