AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304N Stainless Steel
Both AISI 316 stainless steel and AISI 304N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 AISI 316 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 360 | |
| 190 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 55 | |
| 9.1 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 430 | |
| 220 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 690 | |
| 420 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1180 | |
| 620 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 850 | |
| 270 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 590 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 85 to 260 | |
| 98 to 280 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1820 | |
| 180 to 1830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 41 | |
| 22 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 26 | |
| 14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 66.4 to 73.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |