EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4567 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and EN 1.4567 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4567 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 190 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 320 | |
| 190 to 260 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 94 | |
| 91 to 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
| 390 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 550 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 570 | |
| 200 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 150 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 800 | |
| 100 to 400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 19 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 12 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.5 | |
| 63.3 to 71.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 13 | |
| 8.5 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |