AISI 321 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4640 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 321 stainless steel and EN 1.4640 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 321 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4640 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 210 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 50 | |
| 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 270 | |
| 230 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 460 | |
| 440 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 690 | |
| 620 to 650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 350 | |
| 240 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 480 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 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 | |
| 16 |
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 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 230 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 310 | |
| 150 to 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.030 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 2.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.3 to 74 | |
| 67.4 to 73.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.5 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 5.5 to 6.9 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.030 to 0.11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |