EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3549 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4310 stainless steel and EN 1.3549 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3549 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
| 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 900 | |
| 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 22 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 32 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 5.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0.85 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 19 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.4 to 78 | |
| 77.5 to 82 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.12 |