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EN 1.0503 Steel vs. AISI 304N Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.0503 steel and AISI 304N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0503 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304N stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
190 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16
9.1 to 45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
220 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Shear Strength, MPa 380
420 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
620 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
270 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 48
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83
98 to 280
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260
180 to 1830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
22 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
21 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
14 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.42 to 0.5
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.4
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 97.3 to 99.08
66.4 to 73.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.1
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.4
8.0 to 10.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.16
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030