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AISI 416 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8915 Steel

Both AISI 416 stainless steel and EN 1.8915 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.8915 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 320
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 31
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 340
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 480
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510 to 800
640
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 600
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 680
400
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
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
2.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98 to 140
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220 to 940
640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 29
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 25
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 30
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.7
Iron (Fe), % 83.2 to 87.9
95.2 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.3
1.1 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.8
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.025
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.2