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EN 1.4818 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 204 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4818 stainless steel and AISI 204 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4818 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 204 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
210 to 330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 40
23 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 280
320 to 720
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 480
500 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700
730 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
380 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
850
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
10
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 22
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
240 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
360 to 2940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
27 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
24 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
16 to 24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Cerium (Ce), % 0.030 to 0.080
0
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
15 to 17
Iron (Fe), % 65.6 to 71.8
69.6 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
7.0 to 9.0
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 11
1.5 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.12 to 0.2
0.15 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030