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AISI 304N Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4611 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304N stainless steel and EN 1.4611 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304N stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4611 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 360
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.1 to 45
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 440
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 700
330
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1180
530
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 850
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
530
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
970
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98 to 280
91
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180 to 1830
190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 42
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 32
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
5.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 26
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
19 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 66.4 to 73.9
73.3 to 80.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 1.0