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EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. S42300 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4301 stainless steel and S42300 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 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 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S42300 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
9.1
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 330
440
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 91 to 94
13
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 430 to 550
650
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
4.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
5.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 220
93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 820
1840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
6.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
40

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.27 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
11 to 12
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
82 to 85.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
1.0 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.3