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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7710 Steel

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and EN 1.7710 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.7710 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 360
280 to 320
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 43
6.8 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 440
500 to 620
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
930 to 1070
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 860
800 to 1060

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
41
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
3.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
30
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
57

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
4.5
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 250
73 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1870
1680 to 2970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
33 to 38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
27 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
27 to 31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.12 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
1.3 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
95.1 to 97
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 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 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.25

Comparable Variants