EN 1.6570 Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6570 steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6570 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 340 | |
| 160 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 8.0 to 55 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 500 to 660 | |
| 210 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1130 | |
| 520 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1060 | |
| 230 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 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 | 40 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.9 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.5 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 140 | |
| 85 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1520 to 3010 | |
| 130 to 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 40 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 11 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94 to 96.2 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.6 to 2.1 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |