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S38815 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316LN Stainless Steel

Both S38815 stainless steel and AISI 316LN stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S38815 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316LN stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
42
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
82
Shear Strength, MPa 410
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 400
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 860
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
19
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220
130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 15
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0.75 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 56.1 to 67
62 to 71.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.5
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 13 to 17
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.16
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 5.5 to 6.5
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030