EN 1.1191 Steel vs. AISI 316N Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1191 steel and AISI 316N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% 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 EN 1.1191 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 200 | |
| 190 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 9.0 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 290 | |
| 230 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 430 | |
| 420 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 700 | |
| 620 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 440 | |
| 270 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 100 | |
| 95 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 510 | |
| 180 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 20 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 99.08 | |
| 61.9 to 71.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |