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EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 301 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4541 stainless steel and AISI 301 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4541 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
190 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
7.4 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 330
210 to 600
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
410 to 860
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
590 to 1460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
230 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 480
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
840
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Electrical Properties

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

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
99 to 300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 830
130 to 2970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
21 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
20 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
12 to 31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 65.2 to 74
70.7 to 78
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.7
0

Comparable Variants