AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A572 Steel
Both AISI 316L stainless steel and ASTM A572 steel are iron alloys. There are 31 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 316L stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A572 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 350 | |
| 140 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 50 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 450 | |
| 240 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 690 | |
| 300 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1160 | |
| 470 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 330 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 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 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.2 to 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 2.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 230 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 to 1880 | |
| 290 to 690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 17 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 14 to 18 |