AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI D2 Steel
Both AISI 316 stainless steel and SAE-AISI D2 steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 D2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 55 | |
| 5.0 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 430 | |
| 310 to 860 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 690 | |
| 460 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1180 | |
| 760 to 2000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 850 | |
| 470 to 1510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 4.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 5.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 85 to 260 | |
| 92 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1820 | |
| 570 to 5940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 41 | |
| 27 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 24 to 46 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 26 | |
| 25 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 81.3 to 86.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.1 |