AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6771 Steel
Both AISI 301L stainless steel and EN 1.6771 steel are iron alloys. They have 80% 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 1.6771 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 280 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 50 | |
| 8.0 to 8.7 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 530 | |
| 440 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1040 | |
| 930 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 790 | |
| 740 to 1140 |
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 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 8.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 9.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 58 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 2.5 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 75 to 93 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1580 | |
| 1460 to 3450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 37 | |
| 33 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 27 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.27 to 0.33 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 92.2 to 95 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |