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AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6580 Steel

Both AISI 316L stainless steel and EN 1.6580 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.6580 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 350
220 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.0 to 50
11 to 19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 450
310 to 610
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 690
450 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1160
720 to 1170
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
460 to 990

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
450
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
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
4.3
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
3.3
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 230
120 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 93 to 1880
560 to 2590
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
26 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
23 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
21 to 34

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.26 to 0.34
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
1.8 to 2.2
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
93.7 to 95.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.3 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
1.8 to 2.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035

Comparable Variants