EN 1.4961 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 202 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4961 stainless steel and AISI 202 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4961 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 202 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 180 | |
210 to 300 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
14 to 45 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
290 to 330 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 420 | |
490 to 590 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 | |
700 to 980 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 | |
310 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 510 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
910 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1400 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
1360 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
17 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
2.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
13 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.0 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
40 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
20 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
120 to 260 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 | |
250 to 840 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
25 to 35 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
23 to 29 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.040 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
17 to 19 |
Iron (Fe), % | 65.6 to 72.3 | |
63.5 to 71.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
7.5 to 10 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 12 to 14 | |
4.0 to 6.0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.060 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.030 |