AISI 301LN Stainless Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 301LN stainless steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 51 | |
| 17 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 520 | |
| 380 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 670 | |
| 510 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1060 | |
| 700 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 770 | |
| 390 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 290 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1520 | |
| 380 to 2070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 38 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 30 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 77.9 | |
| 59.5 to 67.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.2 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |