AISI 316N Stainless Steel vs. AISI 301L Stainless Steel
Both AISI 316N stainless steel and AISI 301L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316N stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 350 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 39 | |
| 22 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 450 | |
| 240 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 690 | |
| 440 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1160 | |
| 620 to 1040 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 870 | |
| 250 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 27 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 95 to 230 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1880 | |
| 160 to 1580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 41 | |
| 22 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 31 | |
| 21 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 26 | |
| 14 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.9 to 71.9 | |
| 70.7 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.16 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |