AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7767 Steel
Both AISI 316 stainless steel and EN 1.7767 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.7767 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 360 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 55 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 430 | |
| 320 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 690 | |
| 420 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1180 | |
| 670 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 850 | |
| 460 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 590 | |
| 480 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 4.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 64 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 6.4 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 85 to 260 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1820 | |
| 570 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 41 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 26 | |
| 19 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 93.8 to 95.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |