EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 201LN Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and AISI 201LN stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 201LN stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 25 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 550 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 530 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 740 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 350 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 230 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 310 to 1520 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 27 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 24 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 67.9 to 73.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 6.4 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.1 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |