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AISI 416 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5160 Steel

Both AISI 416 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 5160 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 (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 SAE-AISI 5160 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 320
200 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 31
12 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 340
180 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 480
390 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510 to 800
660 to 1150
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 600
280 to 1010

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 680
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1530
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1480
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98 to 140
73 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220 to 940
200 to 2700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 29
23 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 25
22 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 30
19 to 34

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.56 to 0.61
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
0.7 to 0.9
Iron (Fe), % 83.2 to 87.9
97.1 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.3
0.75 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.040

Comparable Variants