AISI 416 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5535 Steel
Both AISI 416 stainless steel and EN 1.5535 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% 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 416 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5535 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 320 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 31 | |
| 11 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 340 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 320 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 800 | |
| 450 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 600 | |
| 300 to 500 |
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 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 140 | |
| 45 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 940 | |
| 240 to 680 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 16 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 25 | |
| 17 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 30 | |
| 13 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.9 | |
| 97.6 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |