AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 301 stainless steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 440 | |
| 160 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.4 to 46 | |
| 8.0 to 55 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 600 | |
| 210 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 860 | |
| 350 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 1460 | |
| 520 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 1080 | |
| 230 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 840 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 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 | 13 | |
| 19 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -70 | |
| -50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 300 | |
| 85 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 2970 | |
| 130 to 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 52 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 37 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 31 | |
| 11 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 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 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |