EN 1.1151 Steel vs. AISI 304N Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1151 steel and AISI 304N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% 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 1.1151 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 150 | |
| 190 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 26 | |
| 9.1 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 240 | |
| 220 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 330 | |
| 420 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 520 | |
| 620 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 340 | |
| 270 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 100 | |
| 98 to 280 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 310 | |
| 180 to 1830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 22 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.24 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.7 to 99.43 | |
| 66.4 to 73.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |