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EN 1.4016 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304N Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4016 stainless steel and AISI 304N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4016 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304N stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
190 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 22
9.1 to 45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
220 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 330
420 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520
620 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290
270 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.4
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.5
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.1
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 29
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 95
98 to 280
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210
180 to 1830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
22 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
21 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.7
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
14 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 79.9 to 84
66.4 to 73.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 10.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.16
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030