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EN 1.8516 Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8516 steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.8516 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 330
160 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
8.0 to 55
Fatigue Strength, MPa 570
210 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
78
Shear Strength, MPa 660
350 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1100
520 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 910
230 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 470
590
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 39
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.6
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.7
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.7
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 61
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.2
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
85 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2190
130 to 1820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 39
18 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 32
11 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.27
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 3.0 to 3.5
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 94.6 to 96.1
62 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 0.7
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030