EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316N Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4962 stainless steel and AISI 316N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4962 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 210 | |
| 190 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 34 | |
| 9.0 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 330 | |
| 230 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 440 | |
| 420 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 690 | |
| 620 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 490 | |
| 270 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 510 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 27 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 95 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 610 | |
| 180 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 20 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.0015 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.1 to 69 | |
| 61.9 to 71.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |