AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7703 Steel
Both AISI 316L stainless steel and EN 1.7703 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% 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 1.7703 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 350 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 50 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 450 | |
| 320 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 690 | |
| 420 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1160 | |
| 670 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 460 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 4.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 35 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 61 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 5.6 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 230 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 to 1880 | |
| 570 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 19 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.11 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 94.6 to 96.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |