EN 1.4418 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4418 stainless steel and EN 1.4301 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4418 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4301 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 20 | |
14 to 46 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 480 | |
200 to 330 |
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 62 to 90 | |
91 to 94 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 530 to 620 | |
430 to 550 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1000 | |
610 to 900 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 to 790 | |
220 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
420 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
940 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
1430 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
16 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
2.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
15 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
3.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
43 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
19 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 170 | |
110 to 220 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 730 to 1590 | |
120 to 820 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 36 | |
22 to 32 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
20 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 36 | |
14 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0 to 0.070 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
17.5 to 19.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 73.2 to 80.2 | |
66.8 to 74.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
8.0 to 10.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.015 |