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AISI 416 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8888 Steel

Both AISI 416 stainless steel and EN 1.8888 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 1.8888 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 320
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 31
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 340
470
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 480
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510 to 800
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 600
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 680
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1530
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1480
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
2.0
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98 to 140
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220 to 940
1370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 29
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 25
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 30
24

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
0 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 83.2 to 87.9
91.9 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.3
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15