AISI 316N Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 316N stainless steel and EN 1.4542 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 316N stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4542 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 39 | |
| 5.7 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 450 | |
| 370 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 690 | |
| 550 to 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1160 | |
| 880 to 1470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 870 | |
| 580 to 1300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 27 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 95 to 230 | |
| 62 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1880 | |
| 880 to 4360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 41 | |
| 31 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 31 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 26 | |
| 29 to 49 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.9 to 71.9 | |
| 69.6 to 79 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.45 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |