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EN 1.6932 Steel vs. AISI 304LN Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.6932 steel and AISI 304LN stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6932 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304LN stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
190 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 14
7.8 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
200 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 540
400 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
580 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 720
230 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.6
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.7
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.0
16
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 56
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.7
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
83 to 270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1370
140 to 1900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
21 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
20 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
13 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.24 to 0.32
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 1.0 to 1.5
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 94.5 to 96.4
65 to 73.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.35 to 0.55
0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.8 to 2.1
8.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.16
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.050 to 0.15
0