AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6368 Steel
Both AISI 304 stainless steel and EN 1.6368 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 1.6368 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 360 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 440 | |
| 310 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 410 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 660 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 460 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 580 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
| 95.1 to 97.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.045 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |