EN 1.7383 Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7383 steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.7383 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 180 | |
| 160 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 23 | |
| 8.0 to 55 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 270 | |
| 210 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 380 | |
| 350 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 610 | |
| 520 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 400 | |
| 230 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 460 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1380 |
| 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 | 7.7 | |
| 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 | 1.8 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 5.6 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 85 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 420 | |
| 130 to 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 11 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.3 to 96.6 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |