AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8872 Steel
Both AISI 301 stainless steel and EN 1.8872 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8872 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 190 to 440 | |
180 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 7.4 to 46 | |
21 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 600 | |
310 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 860 | |
380 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 1460 | |
610 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 1080 | |
450 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 840 | |
410 |
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 | |
39 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
7.5 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
2.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
1.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
22 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
50 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 300 | |
120 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 2970 | |
530 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 52 | |
22 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 37 | |
20 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
10 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 31 | |
18 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.18 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
95.1 to 100 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 to 1.7 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.015 |
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 0.0080 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |