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AISI 304LN Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4374 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304LN stainless steel and EN 1.4374 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% 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 304LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4374 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 350
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 7.8 to 46
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 440
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 680
550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1160
800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 870
400

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Electrical Properties

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

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83 to 270
270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1900
400
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 41
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 31
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 26
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
17.5 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 73.9
63.5 to 67.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
9.0 to 10
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
0.25 to 0.32
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.3 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030