AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6570 Steel
Both AISI 301L stainless steel and EN 1.6570 steel are iron alloys. They have 79% 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 1.6570 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 270 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 50 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 530 | |
| 500 to 660 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1040 | |
| 910 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 790 | |
| 760 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 440 |
| 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 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 3.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 2.5 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 120 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1580 | |
| 1520 to 3010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 37 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 27 to 33 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.28 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 94 to 96.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 1.6 to 2.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |