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AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4971 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304L stainless steel and EN 1.4971 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 61% 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 304L stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4971 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 350
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
210
Elongation at Break, % 6.7 to 46
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 430
270
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
81
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 680
530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540 to 1160
800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
570
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
450
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
70
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
7.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
300

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
38
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 71 to 240
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 92 to 1900
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 31
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
3.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.080 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
20 to 22.5
Cobalt (Co), % 0
18.5 to 21
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 74
24.3 to 37.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.5 to 3.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
19 to 21
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.75 to 1.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.1 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0
2.0 to 3.0