AISI 321 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4031 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 321 stainless steel and EN 1.4031 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% 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 321 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4031 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 50 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 270 | |
| 220 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 460 | |
| 400 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 690 | |
| 670 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 350 | |
| 390 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 770 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 3.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 230 | |
| 77 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 310 | |
| 380 to 1360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 24 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 23 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.36 to 0.42 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 12.5 to 14.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.3 to 74 | |
| 83 to 87.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| 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 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |