AISI 201 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 201 stainless steel and EN 1.4378 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 AISI 201 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 200 to 440 | |
190 to 340 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 51 | |
14 to 34 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 600 | |
340 to 550 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 840 | |
510 to 680 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 1450 | |
760 to 1130 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 1080 | |
430 to 970 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
910 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
1390 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
1350 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
12 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
39 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
23 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 61 to 340 | |
150 to 220 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 2970 | |
470 to 2370 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 52 | |
28 to 41 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 37 | |
24 to 31 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 32 | |
16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
17 to 19 |
Iron (Fe), % | 67.5 to 75 | |
61.2 to 69 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
11.5 to 14.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
2.3 to 3.7 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0.2 to 0.4 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0 to 0.060 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |