AISI 309 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 416 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 309 stainless steel and AISI 416 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 309 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 416 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 210 | |
| 230 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 47 | |
| 13 to 31 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 280 | |
| 230 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 340 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 510 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 290 to 600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 680 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1530 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1480 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 230 | |
| 98 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 310 | |
| 220 to 940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 18 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 19 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 22 to 24 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58 to 66 | |
| 83.2 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |