AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 304 stainless steel and EN 1.4618 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4618 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 360 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 440 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 480 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 680 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 250 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 270 to 280 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 160 to 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 15 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
| 62.7 to 72.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 5.5 to 9.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |