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EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4526 stainless steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 1.4526 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
160 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
8.0 to 55
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
210 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 340
350 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
520 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
230 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 490
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
590
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
85 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
130 to 1820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
18 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
11 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 77.4 to 83.1
62 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.4
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10 to 14
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030