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AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. Potassium Chloride

AISI 316 stainless steel and potassium chloride belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. AISI 316 stainless steel is a metal, while potassium chloride 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 (29, 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 potassium chloride.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
28
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.18
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
8.5

Thermal Properties

Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
780
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
690
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
6.5
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
36

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 7.9
2.0

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.7
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
51
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
4.7