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AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301L stainless steel and EN 1.4612 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 50
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 530
860 to 950
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 660
1010 to 1110
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1040
1690 to 1850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 790
1570 to 1730

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210 to 300
190 to 210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 37
60 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 29
40 to 43
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
58 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.4 to 1.8
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
11 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
71.5 to 75.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.8 to 2.3
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
10.2 to 11.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 0.5

Comparable Variants