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AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301L stainless steel and EN 1.4855 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.4855 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 50
4.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 530
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1040
500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 790
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
320
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
610
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
1050
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
34
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
5.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
85
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210 to 300
19
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 1580
160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 37
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 29
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
11

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.3 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
23 to 25
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
42.6 to 51.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
23 to 25
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.8 to 1.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030