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AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8503 Steel

Both AISI 301L stainless steel and EN 1.8503 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 1.8503 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 50
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 530
600
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 660
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1040
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 790
910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
41
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
3.3
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
33
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
57

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
3.7
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210 to 300
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 1580
2200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 37
35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 29
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.16 to 0.24
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
1.2 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
95.8 to 97.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.65 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.35