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AISI 304LN Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4958 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304LN stainless steel and EN 1.4958 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4958 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 7.8 to 46
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 440
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 680
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1160
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 870
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
30
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
5.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
75
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83 to 270
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1900
95
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 41
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 31
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 26
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.2 to 0.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.030 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
19 to 22
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 73.9
41.1 to 50.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
30 to 32.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 0.5