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EN 1.4460 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4460 stainless steel and AISI 304L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 1.4460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
160 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 21
6.7 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
170 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Shear Strength, MPa 470
370 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
540 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 510
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
16
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
71 to 240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640
92 to 1900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
19 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 25 to 28
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 60.2 to 69.2
65 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.3 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
8.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030