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AISI 316N Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5160 Steel

Both AISI 316N stainless steel and SAE-AISI 5160 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 5160 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 350
200 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.0 to 39
12 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 450
180 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 690
390 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1160
660 to 1150
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 870
280 to 1010

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
2.1
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
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 95 to 230
73 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180 to 1880
200 to 2700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 41
23 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 31
22 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 26
19 to 34

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.56 to 0.61
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0.7 to 0.9
Iron (Fe), % 61.9 to 71.9
97.1 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.75 to 1.0
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 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040

Comparable Variants