AISI 416 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4109 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 416 stainless steel and EN 1.4109 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 416 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4109 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 320 | |
| 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 31 | |
| 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 340 | |
| 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 800 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 600 | |
| 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 680 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 3.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 8.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 140 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 940 | |
| 460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 25 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 30 | |
| 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.6 to 0.75 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.9 | |
| 80.7 to 85 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |