EN 1.7231 Steel vs. AISI 304N Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7231 steel and AISI 304N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7231 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 to 280 | |
| 190 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 12 | |
| 9.1 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 360 to 500 | |
| 220 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 930 | |
| 620 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 570 to 800 | |
| 270 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 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 | 46 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.5 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 100 | |
| 98 to 280 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 870 to 1700 | |
| 180 to 1830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 22 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.4 to 98.1 | |
| 66.4 to 73.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |