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EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4971 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and EN 1.4971 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4971 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
210
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 320
270
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
81
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 570
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
570
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
450
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
70
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
7.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
300

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
38
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 800
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
3.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.080 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
20 to 22.5
Cobalt (Co), % 0
18.5 to 21
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.5
24.3 to 37.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
2.5 to 3.5
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 13
19 to 21
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.75 to 1.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.1 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0
2.0 to 3.0