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AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4421 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 316L stainless steel and EN 1.4421 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316L stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4421 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.0 to 50
11 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 450
380 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1160
880 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
620 to 950

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
12
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 230
120 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 93 to 1880
960 to 2270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
31 to 39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
26 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
31 to 39

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
15.5 to 17.5
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
74.4 to 80.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
4.0 to 5.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020

Comparable Variants