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EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 204 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4938 stainless steel and AISI 204 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% 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 1.4938 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 204 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 16 to 17
23 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390 to 520
320 to 720
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 540 to 630
500 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 870 to 1030
730 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 640 to 870
380 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 750
850
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
10
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 160
240 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1050 to 1920
360 to 2940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 37
27 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 29
24 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 35
16 to 24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.15
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
15 to 17
Iron (Fe), % 80.5 to 84.8
69.6 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.9
7.0 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 3.0
1.5 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.020 to 0.040
0.15 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.25 to 0.4
0

Comparable Variants