AISI 317 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1191 Steel
Both AISI 317 stainless steel and EN 1.1191 steel are iron alloys. They have 64% 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 317 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1191 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 220 | |
| 180 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 35 to 55 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 330 | |
| 210 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 380 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 710 | |
| 630 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 420 | |
| 310 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 590 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 260 | |
| 83 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 260 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
| 20 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.42 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58 to 68 | |
| 97.3 to 99.08 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 15 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |