AISI 347LN Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3538 Steel
Both AISI 347LN stainless steel and EN 1.3538 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 347LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3538 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 | |
| 200 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 670 to 740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 3.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 20 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.0050 to 0.020 | |
| 0.93 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.3 to 73.7 | |
| 96 to 97.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |