EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 431 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4938 stainless steel and AISI 431 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% 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 1.4938 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 431 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 520 | |
| 430 to 610 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 630 | |
| 550 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 1030 | |
| 890 to 1380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 640 to 870 | |
| 710 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 16 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1050 to 1920 | |
| 1270 to 2770 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 37 | |
| 32 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 7.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 28 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.5 to 84.8 | |
| 78.2 to 83.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 1.3 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |