EN 1.0034 Steel vs. AISI 204 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.0034 steel and AISI 204 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 EN 1.0034 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 204 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 97 to 110 | |
| 210 to 330 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 32 | |
| 23 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 170 | |
| 320 to 720 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 230 | |
| 500 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 380 | |
| 730 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 180 to 280 | |
| 380 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 35 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 95 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 84 to 210 | |
| 360 to 2940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 13 | |
| 27 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 24 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 12 | |
| 16 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.7 to 100 | |
| 69.6 to 76.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |