AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7380 Steel
Both AISI 301L stainless steel and EN 1.7380 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 1.7380 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 160 to 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 50 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 530 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 660 | |
| 330 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1040 | |
| 540 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 790 | |
| 290 to 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 5.6 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 87 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1580 | |
| 230 to 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 37 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 15 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 94.6 to 96.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |