EN 1.4021 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4021 stainless steel and EN 1.4301 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% 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 EN 1.4021 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4301 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 14 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 380 | |
| 200 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 530 | |
| 430 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 880 | |
| 610 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 670 | |
| 220 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 110 | |
| 110 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 1160 | |
| 120 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 22 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 26 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 14 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 17.5 to 19.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.8 | |
| 66.8 to 74.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |