EN 1.4031 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 301LN Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4031 stainless steel and AISI 301LN stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4031 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301LN stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 13 | |
| 23 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 400 | |
| 270 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 540 | |
| 450 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 900 | |
| 630 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 730 | |
| 270 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 770 | |
| 890 |
| 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 | 3.1 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.7 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 94 | |
| 220 to 290 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 1360 | |
| 180 to 1520 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 22 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 21 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 32 | |
| 14 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.36 to 0.42 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83 to 87.1 | |
| 70.7 to 77.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.2 |
| 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 0.030 |