AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4313 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 316L stainless steel and EN 1.4313 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% 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 316L stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4313 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 50 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 450 | |
| 340 to 510 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 690 | |
| 460 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1160 | |
| 750 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 580 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 780 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 34 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 230 | |
| 110 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 to 1880 | |
| 870 to 2100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 23 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 27 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 78.5 to 84.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |