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EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304N Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and AISI 304N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304N stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
190 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
9.1 to 45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
220 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 500
420 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
620 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
270 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
98 to 280
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
180 to 1830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
22 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
21 to 32
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
14 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.020 to 0.1
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 59 to 67.3
66.4 to 73.9
Manganese (Mn), % 10.5 to 12.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 4.5
8.0 to 10.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0.1 to 0.16
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030