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AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301 stainless steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 440
160 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 7.4 to 46
8.0 to 55
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 600
210 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 860
350 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 1460
520 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1080
230 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
590
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
19
Calomel Potential, mV -70
-50
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 99 to 300
85 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 2970
130 to 1820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 52
18 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 37
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
11 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
62 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants