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AISI 301LN Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301LN stainless steel and EN 1.4938 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 301LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 23 to 51
16 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270 to 520
390 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 450 to 670
540 to 630
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630 to 1060
870 to 1030
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 770
640 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
10
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220 to 290
140 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180 to 1520
1050 to 1920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 38
31 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 30
26 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
30 to 35

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.080 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
11 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 77.9
80.5 to 84.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
2.0 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.070 to 0.2
0.020 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.4

Comparable Variants