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EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304N Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4104 stainless steel and AISI 304N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% 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 EN 1.4104 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304N stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 23
9.1 to 45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 310
220 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 450
420 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630 to 750
620 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350 to 560
270 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 860
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
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 2.5
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
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 2.2
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 30
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 120
98 to 280
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310 to 800
180 to 1830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 27
22 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 24
21 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.7
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22 to 27
14 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.17
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 15.5 to 17.5
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 78.8 to 84.1
66.4 to 73.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.2 to 0.6
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), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants