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AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. AISI 416 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 316L stainless steel and AISI 416 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316L stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 416 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 350
230 to 320
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.0 to 50
13 to 31
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 450
230 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
76
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 690
340 to 480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1160
510 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
290 to 600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
680
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1530
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
9.9

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 230
98 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 93 to 1880
220 to 940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
18 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
18 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
19 to 30

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
12 to 14
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
83.2 to 87.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0.15 to 0.35

Comparable Variants