AISI 316N Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1108 Steel
Both AISI 316N stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1108 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 (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316N stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1108 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 350 | |
| 110 to 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 39 | |
| 23 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 450 | |
| 170 to 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 690 | |
| 250 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1160 | |
| 380 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 870 | |
| 220 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 95 to 230 | |
| 95 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1880 | |
| 130 to 340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 41 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 31 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 26 | |
| 12 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.9 to 71.9 | |
| 98.9 to 99.24 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |