AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1191 Steel
Both AISI 301L stainless steel and EN 1.1191 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 (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1191 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 180 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 50 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 530 | |
| 210 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 660 | |
| 380 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1040 | |
| 630 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 790 | |
| 310 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 83 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1580 | |
| 260 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 37 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 20 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.42 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 97.3 to 99.08 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |