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AISI 416 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 416 stainless steel and EN 1.4526 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% 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 1.4526 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 320
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 31
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 340
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 480
340
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510 to 800
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 600
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 680
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1530
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1480
1410
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
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
13
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98 to 140
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220 to 940
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 29
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 25
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 30
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 83.2 to 87.9
77.4 to 83.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.3
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 to 1.4
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.015