EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304Cu Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4541 stainless steel and AISI 304Cu stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% 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 304Cu stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 330 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
| 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 480 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 930 |
| 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 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 830 | |
| 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.2 to 74 | |
| 63.9 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| 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 |