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EN 1.4971 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4971 stainless steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4971 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
160 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
8.0 to 55
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270
210 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
78
Shear Strength, MPa 530
350 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800
520 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 340
230 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 570
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
590
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
19
Density, g/cm3 8.4
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.6
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 38
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
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 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
18 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.4
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
11 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.16
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 22.5
16 to 18
Cobalt (Co), % 18.5 to 21
0
Iron (Fe), % 24.3 to 37.1
62 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
10 to 14
Niobium (Nb), % 0.75 to 1.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.2
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 2.0 to 3.0
0