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EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4931 Steel

Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and EN 1.4931 steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4931 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 320
410
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 91 to 94
30
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
810
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 570
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
9.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
8.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
16
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 800
970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.2 to 0.26
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
11.3 to 12.2
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.5
83.2 to 86.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
1.0 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 13
0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 0.5
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.35