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EN 1.4408 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 204 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4408 stainless steel and AISI 204 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% 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 1.4408 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 204 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
210 to 330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
23 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
320 to 720
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510
730 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210
380 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
850
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
10
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
240 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
360 to 2940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
27 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
24 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
16 to 24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
15 to 17
Iron (Fe), % 62.4 to 71
69.6 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
7.0 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
1.5 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030