ASTM A266 Carbon Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A266 carbon steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A266 carbon steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 160 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 26 | |
| 8.0 to 55 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 200 | |
| 210 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 43 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 380 | |
| 350 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 600 | |
| 520 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 290 | |
| 230 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 to 52 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 to 8.2 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 to 19 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 to 47 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 85 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 230 | |
| 130 to 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 19 | |
| 11 to 26 |