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AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4931 Steel

Both AISI 316L stainless steel and EN 1.4931 steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.4931 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 350
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.0 to 50
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 450
410
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1160
810
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
600
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
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
9.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
8.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
16
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 230
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 93 to 1880
970
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
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.2 to 0.26
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
11.3 to 12.2
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
83.2 to 86.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
1.0 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
0 to 1.0
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 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 0.5
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.35