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AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7233 Steel

Both AISI 316 stainless steel and EN 1.7233 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 1.7233 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 360
210 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 55
18 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 430
270 to 530
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 350 to 690
450 to 590
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 1180
700 to 960
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 850
380 to 780

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 590
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
3.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
53

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
3.3
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 85 to 260
110 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 1820
380 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 41
25 to 34
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
22 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 26
21 to 28

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.39 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
1.2 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
96.2 to 97.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.5 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035

Comparable Variants