MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4123 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 316L stainless steel and EN 1.4123 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316L stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4123 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 350
220 to 250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1160
720 to 810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
840
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
23
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
10
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
4.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
24
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
26 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
23 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
6.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
26 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.35 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
14 to 16.5
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
76.7 to 84.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
1.0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.1 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 1.5

Comparable Variants