EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 301 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4415 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 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4415 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 20 | |
| 7.4 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 510 | |
| 210 to 600 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 570 | |
| 410 to 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 930 | |
| 590 to 1460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 730 to 840 | |
| 230 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 19 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 160 | |
| 99 to 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1350 to 1790 | |
| 130 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 33 | |
| 21 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 27 | |
| 20 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.1 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
| 12 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.9 to 82.4 | |
| 70.7 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 6.5 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |