EN 1.6570 Steel vs. AISI 316N Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6570 steel and AISI 316N 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 (3, 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 316N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 340 | |
| 190 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 9.0 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 500 to 660 | |
| 230 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1130 | |
| 620 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1060 | |
| 270 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| 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 | |
| 2.7 |
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 | |
| 27 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 140 | |
| 95 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1520 to 3010 | |
| 180 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 40 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 20 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 14 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 | |
| 61.9 to 71.9 |
| 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 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| 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 |