AISI 301LN Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4006 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 301LN stainless steel and EN 1.4006 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4006 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 51 | |
| 16 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 520 | |
| 150 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 670 | |
| 370 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1060 | |
| 590 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 770 | |
| 230 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 290 | |
| 99 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1520 | |
| 140 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 38 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 30 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 21 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 77.9 | |
| 83.1 to 88.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |