AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. Ferrite
AISI 316 stainless steel and ferrite belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. AISI 316 stainless steel is a metal, while ferrite is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 12 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (30, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ferrite.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 to 140 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1180 | |
| 48 to 71 |
Thermal Properties
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 710 to 1050 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 3.9 to 6.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 8.0 to 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 4.7 to 4.8 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 35 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 41 | |
| 2.8 to 4.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 6.2 to 8.0 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 0.78 to 1.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 26 | |
| 3.0 to 4.6 |