Quarter-hard AISI 304L vs. Quarter-hard AISI 316L
Both quarter-hard AISI 304L and quarter-hard AISI 316L are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the quarter-hard temper. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is quarter-hard AISI 304L and the bottom bar is quarter-hard AISI 316L.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 300 | |
| 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 9.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 79 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 590 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 | |
| 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 | |
| 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 540 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 19 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -80 | |
| -50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 96 | |
| 77 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 840 | |
| 830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 74 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 12 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |