AISI 305 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 305 stainless steel and EN 1.4310 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4310 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 170 to 220 | |
200 to 270 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 45 | |
14 to 45 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 280 | |
240 to 330 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 470 | |
510 to 550 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 710 | |
730 to 900 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 350 | |
260 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 540 | |
910 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
18 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
2.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
14 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
2.9 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
42 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
20 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 210 | |
110 to 260 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 320 | |
170 to 830 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 25 | |
26 to 32 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 23 | |
23 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
0.050 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
16 to 19 |
Iron (Fe), % | 65.1 to 72.5 | |
66.4 to 78 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.8 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 10.5 to 13 | |
6.0 to 9.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.015 |