AISI 416 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1064 Steel
Both AISI 416 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1064 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 (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 SAE-AISI 1064 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 320 | |
| 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 31 | |
| 12 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 340 | |
| 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 430 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 800 | |
| 720 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 600 | |
| 470 to 480 |
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 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.0 |
| 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 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 140 | |
| 79 to 81 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 940 | |
| 600 to 630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 25 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 25 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 30 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.6 to 0.7 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.9 | |
| 98.4 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |