AISI 309 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 309 stainless steel and EN 1.4962 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% 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 309 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4962 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 210 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 47 | |
| 22 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 280 | |
| 210 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 420 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 630 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 260 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 510 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 230 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 310 | |
| 170 to 610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0015 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.070 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 22 to 24 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58 to 66 | |
| 62.1 to 69 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12 to 15 | |
| 12.5 to 14.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.0 |