AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7383 Steel
Both AISI 304 stainless steel and EN 1.7383 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.7383 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 360 | |
| 170 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 440 | |
| 210 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 350 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 560 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 300 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 3.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 5.6 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 240 to 420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
| 94.3 to 96.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| 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 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |