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EN 1.4031 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4303 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4031 stainless steel and EN 1.4303 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4031 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4303 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 13
13 to 49
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 400
220 to 320
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 540
420 to 540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670 to 900
590 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 730
230 to 560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 770
940
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 30
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.1
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.7
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
17
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 14
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 94
110 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 1360
140 to 800
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 32
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 27
20 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 32
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.36 to 0.42
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 12.5 to 14.5
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 83 to 87.1
64.8 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
11 to 13
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants