EN 1.3532 Steel vs. AISI 316L Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3532 steel and AISI 316L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3532 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 220 | |
| 170 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 1420 | |
| 530 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.9 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.1 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 60 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.0 | |
| 26 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 50 | |
| 19 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 36 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.14 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.6 to 94.8 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.8 to 4.3 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |