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AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7362 Steel

Both AISI 301 stainless steel and EN 1.7362 steel are iron alloys. They have 80% 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 1.7362 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 440
150 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 7.4 to 46
21 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 600
140 to 250
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 860
320 to 370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 1460
510 to 600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1080
200 to 360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
510
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
9.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
4.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
69

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
6.9
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 99 to 300
90 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 2970
100 to 340
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 52
18 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 37
18 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
14 to 17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
4.0 to 6.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
91.5 to 95.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.45 to 0.65
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.012
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0050

Comparable Variants