AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4527 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 301L stainless steel and EN 1.4527 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4527 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 50 | |
| 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 530 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1040 | |
| 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 790 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 78 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 29 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1580 | |
| 95 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 37 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 37.4 to 48.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 27.5 to 30.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |