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AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4849 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 316 stainless steel and EN 1.4849 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 1.4849 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 360
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 55
4.5
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 430
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 1180
480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 850
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
320
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
620
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 590
1020
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
42
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
7.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
100
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 85 to 260
18
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 1820
160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 41
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 26
11

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.3 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
18 to 21
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
32.6 to 43.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
36 to 39
Niobium (Nb), % 0
1.2 to 1.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030