EN 1.4594 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304LN Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4594 stainless steel and AISI 304LN stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% 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 1.4594 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304LN stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
7.8 to 46 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 490 to 620 | |
200 to 440 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 620 to 700 | |
400 to 680 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 to 1170 | |
580 to 1160 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 810 to 1140 | |
230 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 450 | |
420 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
960 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
16 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
2.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
16 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
3.1 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
44 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
21 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
83 to 270 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1660 to 3320 | |
140 to 1900 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 41 | |
21 to 41 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 31 | |
20 to 31 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 34 to 39 | |
13 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 15 | |
18 to 20 |
Copper (Cu), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 79.5 | |
65 to 73.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
8.0 to 12 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.16 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.030 |