EN 1.4305 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 309 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4305 stainless steel and AISI 309 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% 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 1.4305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 309 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
| 180 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 34 to 47 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 330 | |
| 250 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 550 | |
| 420 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 900 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 260 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 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 | 16 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 830 | |
| 170 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 32 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.4 to 74.9 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |