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AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301L stainless steel and EN 1.4526 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4526 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 50
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 530
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 660
340
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1040
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 790
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210 to 300
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 1580
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 37
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 29
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
77.4 to 83.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 to 1.4
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.040
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 0.015