EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1132 Steel
Both EN 1.4301 stainless steel and EN 1.1132 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 (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1132 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 110 to 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 46 | |
| 12 to 24 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 330 | |
| 180 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 550 | |
| 260 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 900 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 240 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 220 | |
| 38 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 820 | |
| 160 to 430 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 32 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 12 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.13 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17.5 to 19.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.8 to 74.5 | |
| 98.6 to 99.57 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |