EN 1.7711 Steel vs. AISI 301L Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7711 steel and AISI 301L 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 (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7711 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 280 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 22 | |
| 22 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 520 | |
| 240 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 570 | |
| 440 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 930 | |
| 620 to 1040 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 800 | |
| 250 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 33 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.0 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.9 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 140 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1690 | |
| 160 to 1580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 33 | |
| 22 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 21 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 14 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.36 to 0.44 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96 to 97.5 | |
| 70.7 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.45 to 0.85 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |