S44700 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel
Both S44700 stainless steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 S44700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 160 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 8.0 to 55 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 210 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 45 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 | |
| 350 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 520 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 | |
| 230 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 42 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 85 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 480 | |
| 130 to 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 11 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 30 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.9 to 68.5 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.2 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |