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S45000 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel

Both S45000 stainless steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S45000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 410
160 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 14
8.0 to 55
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330 to 650
210 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 22 to 50
80
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
78
Shear Strength, MPa 590 to 830
350 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 980 to 1410
520 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1310
230 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 400
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
590
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 94 to 160
85 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 850 to 4400
130 to 1820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 50
18 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 36
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 47
11 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 1.3 to 1.8
0
Iron (Fe), % 72.1 to 79.3
62 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 1.0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants