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AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. S44537 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 316L stainless steel and S44537 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316L stainless steel and the bottom bar is S44537 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 350
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.0 to 50
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 450
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Rockwell B Hardness 80
80
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
79
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 690
320
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1160
510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
530
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
19
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 230
95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 93 to 1880
320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
5.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.1
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
20 to 24
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
69 to 78.6
Lanthanum (La), % 0
0.040 to 0.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.1 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0060
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.020 to 0.2
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.0 to 3.0