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EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. S31277 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and S31277 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S31277 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
210
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 320
380
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
80
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
600
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
860
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 570
410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
36
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
6.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
90
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
220

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
51
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 800
410
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
25
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
20.5 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.5 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.5
35.5 to 46.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 3.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
6.5 to 8.0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 13
26 to 28
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.3 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010