EN 1.4935 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4935 stainless steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4935 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 18 | |
| 8.0 to 55 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 400 | |
| 210 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 to 540 | |
| 350 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 880 | |
| 520 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 570 to 670 | |
| 230 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 380 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 85 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 830 to 1160 | |
| 130 to 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 31 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 11 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.24 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83 to 86.7 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |