S13800 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316L Stainless Steel
Both S13800 stainless steel and AISI 316L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 480 | |
| 170 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 9.0 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 870 | |
| 170 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 610 to 1030 | |
| 370 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1730 | |
| 530 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1580 | |
| 190 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 190 | |
| 77 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 5490 | |
| 93 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 61 | |
| 19 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 58 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.3 to 13.2 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 77.3 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |