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AISI 304LN Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304LN stainless steel and EN 1.4526 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4526 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 350
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 7.8 to 46
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 440
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 680
340
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1160
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 870
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83 to 270
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1900
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 41
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 31
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 26
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 73.9
77.4 to 83.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 to 1.4
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
0 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015