AISI 321 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 321 stainless steel and EN 1.4378 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 321 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 210 | |
| 190 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 50 | |
| 14 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 270 | |
| 340 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 460 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 690 | |
| 760 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 350 | |
| 430 to 970 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 480 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 230 | |
| 150 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 310 | |
| 470 to 2370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 24 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.3 to 74 | |
| 61.2 to 69 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 11.5 to 14.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 2.3 to 3.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |