AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. Type 3 Magnetic Alloy
AISI 316L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 3 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 30% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316L stainless steel and the bottom bar is Type 3 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 50 | |
| 43 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 450 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 690 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1160 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 230 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 to 1880 | |
| 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 9.9 to 19 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 75 to 78 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |