AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7233 Steel
Both AISI 316L stainless steel and EN 1.7233 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.7233 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 350 | |
| 210 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 50 | |
| 18 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 450 | |
| 270 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 690 | |
| 450 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1160 | |
| 700 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 380 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 430 |
| 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 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 3.3 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 230 | |
| 110 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 to 1880 | |
| 380 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 25 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 22 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 21 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.39 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 1.2 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 96.2 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |