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AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. S39277 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 316L stainless steel and S39277 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316L stainless steel and the bottom bar is S39277 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 350
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.0 to 50
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 450
480
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
80
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 690
600
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1160
930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

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
23
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
4.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
43
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 230
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 93 to 1880
1070
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.2 to 2.0
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
56.8 to 64.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
6.5 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.23 to 0.33
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0020
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.8 to 1.2