EN 1.7362 Steel vs. AISI 304N Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7362 steel and AISI 304N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% 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 1.7362 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 190 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 22 | |
| 9.1 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 250 | |
| 220 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 370 | |
| 420 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 600 | |
| 620 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 360 | |
| 270 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 510 | |
| 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 | 40 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.4 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.5 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 69 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 6.9 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 110 | |
| 98 to 280 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 340 | |
| 180 to 1830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 22 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 91.5 to 95.2 | |
| 66.4 to 73.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |