AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1070 Steel
Both AISI 316 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1070 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 SAE-AISI 1070 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 360 | |
| 190 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 55 | |
| 10 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 430 | |
| 270 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 80 | |
| 34 to 51 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 690 | |
| 380 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1180 | |
| 640 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 850 | |
| 420 to 560 |
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 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 10 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 12 |
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 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 85 to 260 | |
| 59 to 86 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1820 | |
| 470 to 850 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 41 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 26 | |
| 21 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.65 to 0.75 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 98.3 to 98.8 |
| 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 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |