EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 301 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4606 stainless steel and AISI 301 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 7.4 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 420 | |
| 210 to 600 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 410 to 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 1020 | |
| 590 to 1460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 630 | |
| 230 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 770 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 99 to 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 1010 | |
| 130 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 21 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 20 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 12 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 16 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.2 to 59 | |
| 70.7 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 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), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |