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AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. NEMA Laminate

AISI 316 stainless steel and NEMA laminate belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. AISI 316 stainless steel is a metal, while NEMA laminate is a polymeric material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 7 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (36, 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 NEMA laminate.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 7.9
1.3 to 1.9
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 590
120 to 200
Shear Strength, MPa 350 to 690
69 to 140
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 41
8.3 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
17 to 50
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 1180
55 to 260
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
9.0 to 20