EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 414 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and AISI 414 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 414 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 550 | |
| 430 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 550 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 900 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 700 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 750 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 1260 to 1590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 32 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 27 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 33 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 81.8 to 87.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 1.3 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |