AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5113 Steel
Both AISI 304 stainless steel and EN 1.5113 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5113 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 170 to 360 | |
170 to 270 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
11 to 18 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 440 | |
220 to 470 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
72 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
360 to 540 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
580 to 900 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
320 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
260 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1410 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
52 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
7.2 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
2.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
48 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
91 to 96 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
270 to 1570 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
21 to 32 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
20 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
17 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
97 to 97.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
1.6 to 1.8 |
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 | |
0.9 to 1.1 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.025 |