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AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4621 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 316 stainless steel and EN 1.4621 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% 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 316 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4621 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 55
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 430
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
78
Shear Strength, MPa 350 to 690
320
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 1180
500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 850
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
510
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 590
970
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

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

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
14
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 85 to 260
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 1820
190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 41
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
5.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 26
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
20 to 21.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.1 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
74.4 to 79.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.030
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

Comparable Variants