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EN 1.4931 Steel vs. AISI 316L Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4931 steel and AISI 316L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4931 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
170 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 17
9.0 to 50
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410
170 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 810
530 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 600
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 24
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 9.8
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 11
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.5
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 16
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
77 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 970
93 to 1880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.5
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.26
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 11.3 to 12.2
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 83.2 to 86.8
62 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.0 to 1.2
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 0.5
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.25 to 0.35
0