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AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. EVA

AISI 316 stainless steel and EVA belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. AISI 316 stainless steel is a metal, while EVA is a polymeric material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 12 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (28, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EVA.

AISI 316 (S31600) Stainless SteelEthylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA)
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
0.015 to 0.080
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 55
300 to 800
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 1180
3.0 to 35

Thermal Properties

Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
55 to 95
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
1400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
0.34

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 7.9
0.93 to 1.0

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
0.0087 to 0.048
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
8.6 to 15
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 41
0.87 to 10
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
4.8 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
0.25 to 0.26