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EN 1.8550 Steel vs. AISI 316N Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8550 steel and AISI 316N 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 (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8550 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316N stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 300
190 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
9.0 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 470
230 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Shear Strength, MPa 600
420 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
620 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 760
270 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 40
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.6
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.8
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.4
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 23
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 67
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.3
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
95 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1550
180 to 1880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36
22 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29
20 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
14 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.37
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 1.5 to 1.8
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 94.4 to 96.3
61.9 to 71.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.25
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.85 to 1.2
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