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AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6553 Steel

Both AISI 304L stainless steel and EN 1.6553 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 1.6553 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 350
210 to 240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 6.7 to 46
19 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 430
330 to 460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540 to 1160
710 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
470 to 670

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
39
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 16
2.7
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 71 to 240
130 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 92 to 1900
600 to 1190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
25 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 31
23 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
21 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.23 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0.4 to 0.8
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 74
95.6 to 98.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
0.4 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants