AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1090 Steel
Both AISI 316L stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1090 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% 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 SAE-AISI 1090 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 350 | |
| 220 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 50 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 450 | |
| 320 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 690 | |
| 470 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1160 | |
| 790 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 520 to 610 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 230 | |
| 82 to 91 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 to 1880 | |
| 730 to 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 25 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.85 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 98 to 98.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |