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EN 1.4362 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 301 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4362 stainless steel and AISI 301 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 1.4362 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
190 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
7.4 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320
210 to 600
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Shear Strength, MPa 470
410 to 860
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
590 to 1460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 460
230 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1060
840
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
13
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160
99 to 300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 530
130 to 2970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
21 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
20 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
12 to 31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 22 to 24.5
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0.1 to 0.6
0
Iron (Fe), % 65.5 to 74.3
70.7 to 78
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.1 to 0.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030