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AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4424 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 316L stainless steel and EN 1.4424 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.4424 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 350
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.0 to 50
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 450
350 to 370
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
78
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 690
520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1160
800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
480 to 500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
15
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
29
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 230
190 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 93 to 1880
580 to 640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
3.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
18 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
68.6 to 72.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
1.2 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
2.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
4.5 to 5.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.050 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
1.4 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants