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AISI 416 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI T2 Steel

Both AISI 416 stainless steel and SAE-AISI T2 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 T2 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510 to 800
780 to 2150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1530
1820
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1480
1760
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
410
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
19
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
46
Density, g/cm3 7.7
9.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
11
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
170
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
98

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
36
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
21
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 29
23 to 64
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 25
20 to 40
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
4.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 30
23 to 65

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.8 to 0.9
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
3.8 to 4.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 83.2 to 87.9
70.8 to 75.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.3
0.2 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
17.5 to 19
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.8 to 2.4

Comparable Variants