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AISI 316N Stainless Steel vs. S45000 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 316N stainless steel and S45000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 S45000 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 350
280 to 410
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.0 to 39
6.8 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 450
330 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
76
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 690
590 to 830
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1160
980 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 870
580 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
840
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
13
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 27
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 95 to 230
94 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180 to 1880
850 to 4400
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 41
35 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 31
28 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
4.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 26
33 to 47

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
14 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.3 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 61.9 to 71.9
72.1 to 79.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.5 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
5.0 to 7.0
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 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants