AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 304 stainless steel and EN 1.4913 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% 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 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4913 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 440 | |
| 320 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 550 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 870 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 480 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 700 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 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 | 15 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 130 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 600 to 1860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 6.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 31 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 10 to 11.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
| 84.5 to 88.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.55 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |