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AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4525 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 316L stainless steel and EN 1.4525 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.4525 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.0 to 50
5.6 to 13
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 450
480 to 540
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1160
1030 to 1250
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
840 to 1120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
860
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
18
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

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

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
13
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 230
68 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 93 to 1880
1820 to 3230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
36 to 45
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
29 to 33
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
4.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
34 to 41

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 0
2.5 to 4.0
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
70.4 to 79
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
3.5 to 5.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.35
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.050
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 0.025

Comparable Variants