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EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4477 stainless steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 EN 1.4477 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
160 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 23
8.0 to 55
Fatigue Strength, MPa 420 to 490
210 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
78
Shear Strength, MPa 550 to 580
350 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 880 to 930
520 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620 to 730
230 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
590
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 41
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180 to 190
85 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 940 to 1290
130 to 1820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 33
18 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 27
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.5
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 25
11 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
0
Iron (Fe), % 56.6 to 63.6
62 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0.8 to 1.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.6
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.8 to 7.5
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants