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EN 1.8881 Steel vs. AISI 316L Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8881 steel and AISI 316L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8881 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
170 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16
9.0 to 50
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
170 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Shear Strength, MPa 510
370 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
530 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 710
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
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 40
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 8.1
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.3
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 1.9
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 54
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.0
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
77 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1320
93 to 1880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 1.5
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 91.9 to 100
62 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.7
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.7
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 2.5
10 to 14
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.060
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0080
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.050
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.12
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.15
0