AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 316 stainless steel and EN 1.4301 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 (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 1.4301 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 360 | |
| 190 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 55 | |
| 14 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 430 | |
| 200 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 690 | |
| 430 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1180 | |
| 610 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 850 | |
| 220 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 590 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 15 |
| 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 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 85 to 260 | |
| 110 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1820 | |
| 120 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 41 | |
| 22 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 26 | |
| 14 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 17.5 to 19.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 66.8 to 74.5 |
| 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 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |