AISI 301LN Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7725 Steel
Both AISI 301LN stainless steel and EN 1.7725 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% 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 301LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7725 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 250 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 51 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 520 | |
| 390 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1060 | |
| 830 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 770 | |
| 610 to 860 |
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 | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| 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 | 2.4 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 2.8 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 290 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1520 | |
| 980 to 1940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 38 | |
| 29 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 30 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 24 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.27 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 77.9 | |
| 95.7 to 97.5 |
| 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 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |