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AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8896 Steel

Both AISI 301L stainless steel and EN 1.8896 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.8896 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 50
24
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 530
280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 660
330
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1040
510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 790
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
2.2
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
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210 to 300
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 1580
400
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 37
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 29
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.14
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
97 to 99.98
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.1