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EN 1.4371 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM Grade HL Steel

Both EN 1.4371 stainless steel and ASTM grade HL steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4371 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM grade HL steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 230
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 45 to 51
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290 to 340
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740 to 750
500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320 to 340
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
320
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
27
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
4.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
65
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
210

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
31
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270 to 310
48
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250 to 300
180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
11

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.2 to 0.6
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 17.5
28 to 32
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 66.7 to 74.4
40.8 to 53.8
Manganese (Mn), % 6.0 to 8.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
18 to 22
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
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