AISI 304LN Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 304LN stainless steel and EN 1.4945 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4945 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 350 | |
| 200 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.8 to 46 | |
| 19 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 440 | |
| 230 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 680 | |
| 430 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1160 | |
| 640 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 870 | |
| 290 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 520 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1490 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 270 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1900 | |
| 210 to 760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 41 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 31 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.040 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 73.9 | |
| 57.9 to 65.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 12 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.16 | |
| 0.060 to 0.14 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |