AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. Carbon-carbon
AISI 316 stainless steel and carbon-carbon belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. AISI 316 stainless steel is a metal, while carbon-carbon is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (20, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316 stainless steel and the bottom bar is carbon-carbon.
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
95 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.32 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
36 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1180 | |
19 |
Thermal Properties
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
350 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 590 | |
2400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
760 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
40 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
4.0 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
0.090 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
0.48 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
1.7 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
31 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
89 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 41 | |
3.0 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
9.1 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
31 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 26 | |
3.5 |