MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AISI 316LN Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1030 Steel

Both AISI 316LN stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1030 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 316LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1030 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
150 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 42
14 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
210 to 320
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Reduction in Area, % 51
39 to 48
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410
330 to 360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590
530 to 590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
300 to 490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
77 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
230 to 650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
19 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
18 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
17 to 19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.28 to 0.34
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 71.9
98.7 to 99.12
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050