AISI 431 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4029 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 431 stainless steel and EN 1.4029 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 431 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4029 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 17 | |
| 10 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 430 to 610 | |
| 270 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 840 | |
| 440 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1380 | |
| 700 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 710 to 1040 | |
| 410 to 740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 750 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 3.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 180 | |
| 89 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1270 to 2770 | |
| 440 to 1410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 50 | |
| 25 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.0 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 to 43 | |
| 26 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.25 to 0.32 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 12 to 13.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.2 to 83.8 | |
| 82.8 to 87.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.3 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |