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AISI 304LN Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7108 Steel

Both AISI 304LN stainless steel and EN 1.7108 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 (8, 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 1.7108 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 350
200 to 510
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 580 to 1160
670 to 2070

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
410
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
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
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
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
47

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 41
24 to 75
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 31
22 to 47
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 26
20 to 63

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.57 to 0.65
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0.2 to 0.45
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 73.9
95.9 to 96.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.7 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
1.6 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025

Comparable Variants