EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 204 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4541 stainless steel and AISI 204 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4541 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 204 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 210 to 330 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 23 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 330 | |
| 320 to 720 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
| 500 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 730 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 380 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 480 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 35 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 830 | |
| 360 to 2940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 27 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 24 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 16 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.2 to 74 | |
| 69.6 to 76.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |