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AISI 204 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4501 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 204 stainless steel and EN 1.4501 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% 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 AISI 204 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4501 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 330
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 23 to 39
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320 to 720
430
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Shear Strength, MPa 500 to 700
540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730 to 1100
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1080
600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 850
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
22
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
42
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240 to 250
210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 360 to 2940
870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 40
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 31
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 24
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.5 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 69.6 to 76.4
57.6 to 65.8
Manganese (Mn), % 7.0 to 9.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.5 to 3.0
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.3
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.5 to 1.0