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AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. Hexagonal Boron Nitride

AISI 316 stainless steel and hexagonal boron nitride belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. AISI 316 stainless steel is a metal, while hexagonal boron nitride is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (32, 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 hexagonal boron nitride.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
14 to 60
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.11

Thermal Properties

Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
1140 to 2800
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 590
1030 to 2350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
840 to 1610
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
29 to 96
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
0.54 to 18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 7.9
1.9 to 2.1

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
4.1 to 18
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
42 to 69
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
9.9 to 34