MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

ASTM A36 Carbon Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel

Both ASTM A36 carbon steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% 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 ASTM A36 carbon steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
160 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 22
8.0 to 55
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
210 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Shear Strength, MPa 300
350 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
520 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290
230 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
590
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 50
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 12
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 14
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
19
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 44
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 92
85 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220
130 to 1820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
18 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
11 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.26
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 99.25 to 100
62 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030