EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4640 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4301 stainless steel and EN 1.4640 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4640 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 46 | |
| 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 330 | |
| 230 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 550 | |
| 440 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 900 | |
| 620 to 650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 240 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 220 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 820 | |
| 150 to 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 32 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.030 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17.5 to 19.5 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 2.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.8 to 74.5 | |
| 67.4 to 73.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.5 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 5.5 to 6.9 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.030 to 0.11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |