EN 1.4567 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4567 stainless steel and EN 1.4401 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 1.4567 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4401 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 240 | |
| 190 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 51 | |
| 14 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 260 | |
| 200 to 320 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 110 | |
| 91 to 94 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 490 | |
| 410 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 780 | |
| 600 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 390 | |
| 230 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 110 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 400 | |
| 130 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 63.3 to 71.5 | |
| 62.8 to 71.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10.5 | |
| 10 to 13 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| 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 0.015 |