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EN 1.7376 Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7376 steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% 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 1.7376 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210
160 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 20
8.0 to 55
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320
210 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 710
520 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 460
230 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 600
590
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 26
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 9.2
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 11
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.1
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 29
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 88
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 12
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
85 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 560
130 to 1820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
18 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.9
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
11 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.19
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 8.0 to 10
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 86.2 to 90.6
62 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0.35 to 0.65
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.2
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.4
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.050
0