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AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 310 stainless steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 AISI 310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 220
210 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 34 to 45
11 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 280
410 to 640
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 470
560 to 850
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 710
800 to 1430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 350
450 to 1100

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1040
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200 to 220
150 to 430
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 310
510 to 3060
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 25
29 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
25 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 17
16 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.25
0.12 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
16.5 to 18.5
Iron (Fe), % 48.2 to 57
62.6 to 68.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
14 to 15.5
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
1.0 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.32 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030