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AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4446 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301 stainless steel and EN 1.4446 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4446 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 440
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 7.4 to 46
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 600
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 1460
490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1080
240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
22
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
4.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
60
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 99 to 300
93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 2970
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 52
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 37
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
3.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
11

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
16.5 to 18.5
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
59.7 to 66.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.0 to 4.5
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
12.5 to 14.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.12 to 0.22
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030