28 Stainless Steel - Grade 316L - Properties

Key Properties

These properties are specified for the flat-rolled products (plate, sheet, and coil) in ASTM A240/A240M. Similar but not necessarily identical properties are specified for other products such as pipe and bar in their respective specifications.

Composition

Table 1. Composition ranges for 316L stainless steel.

Grade		C	Mn	Si	P	S	Cr	Mo	Ni	N
316L	Min	-	-	-	-	-	16.0	2.00	10.0	-
	Max	0.03	2.0	0.75	0.045	0.03	18.0	3.00	14.0	0.10

 

Mechanical Properties

Table 2. Mechanical properties of 316L stainless steel.

Grade	Tensile Str (MPa) min	Yield Str 0.2% Proof (MPa) min	Elong (% in 50 mm) min	Hardness
				Rockwell B (HR B) max	Brinell (HB) max
316L	485	170	40	95	217

 

Physical Properties

Table 3. Typical physical properties for 316-grade stainless steels.

Grade	Density (kg/m3)	Elastic Modulus (GPa)	Mean Co-eff of Thermal Expansion (µm/m/°C)			Thermal Conductivity (W/m.K)		Specific Heat 0-100 °C (J/kg.K)	Elec Resistivity (nΩ.m)
			0-100 °C	0-315 °C	0-538 °C	At 100 °C	At 500 °C
316/L/H	8000	193	15.9	16.2	17.5	16.3	21.5	500	740

 

Grade Specification Comparison

Table 4. Grade specifications for 316L stainless steel.

Grade	UNS No	Old British		Euronorm		Swedish SS	Japanese JIS
		BS	En	No	Name
316L	S31603	316S11	-	1.4404	X2CrNiMo17-12-2	2348	SUS 316L