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AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. S42300 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 316L stainless steel and S42300 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 S42300 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 350
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.0 to 50
9.1
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 450
440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 690
650
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1160
1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
4.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
5.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 230
93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 93 to 1880
1840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
6.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
40

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.27 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
11 to 12
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
82 to 85.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
1.0 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
2.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.3