EN 1.4971 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 321H Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4971 stainless steel and AISI 321H stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4971 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 321H stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 | |
| 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 570 | |
| 480 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.6 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 38 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.4 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.16 | |
| 0.040 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 22.5 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 18.5 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 24.3 to 37.1 | |
| 65.4 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |