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AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. Soda-lime Glass

AISI 316 stainless steel and soda-lime glass belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. AISI 316 stainless steel is a metal, while soda-lime glass is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (26, 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 soda-lime glass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70 to 71
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.23
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
29
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 1180
41 to 180

Thermal Properties

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 590
300
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
720 to 800
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
1.0 to 1.1
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
8.8 to 9.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 7.9
2.4

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
16
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
56
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 41
4.6 to 20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
11 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
0.51 to 0.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 26
4.7 to 20