EN 1.5511 Steel vs. AISI 304N Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5511 steel and AISI 304N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5511 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 150 to 170 | |
190 to 360 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 580 | |
620 to 1180 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
960 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
16 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
16 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
2.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
15 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
3.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
43 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 20 | |
22 to 42 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
21 to 32 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
4.2 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 17 | |
14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
0 |
Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.39 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
18 to 20 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98.3 to 99.159 | |
66.4 to 73.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
8.0 to 10.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.16 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.030 |