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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4736 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and EN 1.4736 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% 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 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4736 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 360
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 43
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 440
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 690
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
580
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 860
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
3.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 250
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1870
250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
5.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.7 to 2.1
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
17 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
77 to 81.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 0.8