MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4986 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 204 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4986 stainless steel and AISI 204 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% 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 1.4986 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 204 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
210 to 330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 18
23 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350
320 to 720
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 460
500 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
730 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560
380 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 520
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
850
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
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 25
10
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 67
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 22
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
240 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 790
360 to 2940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
27 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
24 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
16 to 24

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.050 to 0.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.1
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 15.5 to 17.5
15 to 17
Iron (Fe), % 59.4 to 66.6
69.6 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
7.0 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.6 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 15.5 to 17.5
1.5 to 3.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.4 to 1.2
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030