AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1147 Steel
Both AISI 316 stainless steel and EN 1.1147 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1147 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 360 | |
| 110 to 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 55 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 430 | |
| 180 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 80 | |
| 63 to 73 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 690 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1180 | |
| 390 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 850 | |
| 280 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 590 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 85 to 260 | |
| 40 to 73 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1820 | |
| 210 to 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 41 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 26 | |
| 12 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.15 to 0.19 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 98.3 to 99.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |