EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 321 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and AISI 321 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% 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 321 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 170 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 34 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 550 | |
| 220 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 420 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 590 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 220 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 480 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 190 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 130 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 65.3 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| 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 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |