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EN 1.4557 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304N Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4557 stainless steel and AISI 304N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% 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 1.4557 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304N stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
190 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 40
9.1 to 45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 260
220 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560
620 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
270 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
15
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 45
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
98 to 280
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210
180 to 1830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
22 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
21 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
14 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 19.5 to 20.5
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 49.5 to 56.3
66.4 to 73.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.2
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 7.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 17.5 to 19.5
8.0 to 10.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.18 to 0.24
0.1 to 0.16
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030