AISI 431 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 431 stainless steel and EN 1.4612 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 1.4612 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 17 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 430 to 610 | |
| 860 to 950 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 840 | |
| 1010 to 1110 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1380 | |
| 1690 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 710 to 1040 | |
| 1570 to 1730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 400 | |
| 450 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 180 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 50 | |
| 60 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 40 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 to 43 | |
| 58 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.2 to 83.8 | |
| 71.5 to 75.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.3 to 2.5 | |
| 10.2 to 11.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |