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AISI 416 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 416 stainless steel and EN 1.4401 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 416 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4401 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 320
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 31
14 to 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 340
200 to 320
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
78
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 480
410 to 550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510 to 800
600 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 600
230 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 680
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1530
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1480
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
52
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98 to 140
110 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220 to 940
130 to 800
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 29
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 25
20 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 30
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
16.5 to 18.5
Iron (Fe), % 83.2 to 87.9
62.8 to 71.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.3
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10 to 13
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants