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AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8523 Steel

Both AISI 316 stainless steel and EN 1.8523 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.8523 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 360
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 55
15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 430
530
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
74
Shear Strength, MPa 350 to 690
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 1180
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 850
800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 590
480
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
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
9.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
4.2
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
64

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
6.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 85 to 260
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 1820
1700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 41
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 26
29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.35 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
3.0 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
93.5 to 95.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.8 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.25