EN 1.4512 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304LN Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4512 stainless steel and AISI 304LN stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4512 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304LN stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 7.8 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 200 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 | |
| 400 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 | |
| 580 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 230 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 720 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 95 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 12 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 83 to 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 140 to 1900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 21 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 20 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 13 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 10.5 to 12.5 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.8 to 89.5 | |
| 65 to 73.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 12 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |