AISI 321 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel
Both AISI 321 stainless steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 1.5662 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 210 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 50 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 270 | |
| 380 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 460 | |
| 460 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 690 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 350 | |
| 550 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 230 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 310 | |
| 810 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.3 to 74 | |
| 88.6 to 91.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |