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AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4659 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301L stainless steel and EN 1.4659 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 1.4659 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
210
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 50
49
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 530
460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
81
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 660
640
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1040
900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 790
480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
37
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
6.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
89
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
220

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
54
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210 to 300
370
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 1580
550
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 37
31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 29
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
23 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.0 to 2.0
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
35.7 to 45.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
2.0 to 4.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
5.5 to 6.5
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
21 to 23
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.5 to 2.5