EN 1.4571 Stainless Steel vs. AWS E316LMn
Both EN 1.4571 stainless steel and AWS E316LMn are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4571 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS E316LMn.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 32 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.7 to 71 | |
| 47.5 to 59.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 5.0 to 8.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.5 to 13.5 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |