EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316N Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and AISI 316N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3956 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 9.0 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 230 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 | |
| 620 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
| 270 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 27 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 95 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 180 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 20 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 51.9 to 62.1 | |
| 61.9 to 71.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |