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AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8153 Steel

Both AISI 304L stainless steel and EN 1.8153 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 1.8153 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 350
200 to 570
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540 to 1160
670 to 2040

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
48

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
24 to 74
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 31
22 to 46
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
20 to 62

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.56 to 0.64
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0.2 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 74
95.7 to 96.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.7 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
1.5 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.2

Comparable Variants