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EN 1.4424 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 303 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4424 stainless steel and AISI 303 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4424 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 303 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
170 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 28
40 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350 to 370
230 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Shear Strength, MPa 520
430 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800
600 to 690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480 to 500
230 to 420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 29
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190 to 200
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 580 to 640
140 to 440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
21 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
20 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.5
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
13 to 15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 19
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 68.6 to 72.4
67.3 to 74.9
Manganese (Mn), % 1.2 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 5.2
8.0 to 10
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.2
Silicon (Si), % 1.4 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0.15 to 0.35

Comparable Variants