AISI 416 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0308 Steel
Both AISI 416 stainless steel and EN 1.0308 steel are iron alloys. They have 86% 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 416 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0308 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 320 | |
| 100 to 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 31 | |
| 7.8 to 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 340 | |
| 140 to 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 230 to 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 800 | |
| 360 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 600 | |
| 190 to 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 680 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 140 | |
| 32 to 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 940 | |
| 93 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 25 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 30 | |
| 11 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.9 | |
| 98.2 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |