EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4021 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4541 stainless steel and EN 1.4021 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 EN 1.4021 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 330 | |
| 240 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
| 390 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 630 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 390 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 88 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 830 | |
| 400 to 1160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 22 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.16 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.2 to 74 | |
| 83.2 to 87.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |