EN 1.4062 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4062 stainless steel and AISI 304L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4062 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 34 | |
| 6.7 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 420 | |
| 170 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 | |
| 370 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 800 | |
| 540 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 530 to 600 | |
| 190 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 540 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 27 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 to 230 | |
| 71 to 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 690 to 910 | |
| 92 to 1900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 19 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 19 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21.5 to 24 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.3 to 77.3 | |
| 65 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.9 | |
| 8.0 to 12 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.16 to 0.28 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |