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AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4116 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 316 stainless steel and EN 1.4116 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% 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 316 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4116 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 360
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 55
14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 430
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 80
88
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
76
Shear Strength, MPa 350 to 690
450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 1180
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 850
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 590
800
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
3.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
8.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 85 to 260
87
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 1820
470
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 41
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 26
26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.45 to 0.55
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
14 to 15
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
81.3 to 85
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.5 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.15
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.2