AISI 316N Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 11 Steel
Both AISI 316N stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 11 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316N stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 11 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 350 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 39 | |
| 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 450 | |
| 200 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 690 | |
| 320 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1160 | |
| 500 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 870 | |
| 270 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| 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 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 27 | |
| 3.1 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 95 to 230 | |
| 100 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1880 | |
| 200 to 320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 41 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 31 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 26 | |
| 15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.050 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.9 to 71.9 | |
| 96.2 to 97.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |