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AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. S30601 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 316 stainless steel and S30601 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% 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 S30601 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 360
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 55
37
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 430
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 80
56
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
75
Shear Strength, MPa 350 to 690
450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 1180
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 850
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
370
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 590
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
20
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 85 to 260
200
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
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 26
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
17 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.35
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
56.9 to 60.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
17 to 18
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.050
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
5.0 to 5.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.013