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EN 1.7233 Steel vs. AISI 316N Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7233 steel and AISI 316N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7233 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316N stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 290
190 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 18 to 23
9.0 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270 to 530
230 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Shear Strength, MPa 450 to 590
420 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 960
620 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 780
270 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 430
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 39
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.0
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 53
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 3.3
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 200
95 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 1630
180 to 1880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 34
22 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 28
20 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 28
14 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.39 to 0.45
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 1.2 to 1.5
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 96.2 to 97.5
61.9 to 71.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 0.7
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.16
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants