AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0214 Steel
Both AISI 304 stainless steel and EN 1.0214 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0214 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 170 to 360 | |
97 to 130 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
12 to 31 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 440 | |
160 to 250 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
250 to 290 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
330 to 460 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
210 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
1470 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
53 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
6.9 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
7.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
1.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
18 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
46 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
34 to 130 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
120 to 340 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
12 to 16 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
14 to 17 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
11 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.020 to 0.060 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
0.080 to 0.12 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
99.17 to 99.6 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0.3 to 0.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.025 |