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AISI 304LN Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4460 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304LN stainless steel and EN 1.4460 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 1.4460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 350
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 7.8 to 46
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 440
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 680
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1160
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 870
510

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83 to 270
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1900
640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 41
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 31
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 26
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
25 to 28
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 73.9
60.2 to 69.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.3 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
4.5 to 6.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
0.050 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