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EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM Grade HL Steel

Both EN 1.4301 stainless steel and ASTM grade HL steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 EN 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM grade HL steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 330
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
320
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
27
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
4.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
65
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
210

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
31
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 220
48
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 820
180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
11

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.2 to 0.6
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
28 to 32
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
40.8 to 53.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
18 to 22
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.040