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AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4742 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 316 stainless steel and EN 1.4742 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.4742 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 360
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 55
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 430
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Shear Strength, MPa 350 to 690
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 1180
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 850
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 590
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
19
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
2.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
32
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 85 to 260
84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 1820
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 41
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
5.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 26
21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.7 to 1.2
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
77.2 to 81.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.7 to 1.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015