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EN 1.4578 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 204 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4578 stainless steel and AISI 204 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% 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 1.4578 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 204 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
210 to 330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 51
23 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
320 to 720
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 400
500 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550
730 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
380 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
850
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
10
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
240 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
360 to 2940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
27 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
24 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
16 to 24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 17.5
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 3.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 62.3 to 68.5
69.6 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
7.0 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 11
1.5 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.15 to 0.3
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 0.030