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AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. COC

AISI 316 stainless steel and COC belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. AISI 316 stainless steel is a metal, while COC is a polymeric material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (30, 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 COC.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 7.9
1.0
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
3.0
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 55
2.5
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
1.7
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
48
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 41
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
34
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 1180
60
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
60
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 26
24