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AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 334 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 310 stainless steel and AISI 334 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 AISI 310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 334 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 220
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 34 to 45
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 280
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 82
79
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 470
360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 710
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 350
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1040
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
22
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200 to 220
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 310
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 25
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 17
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 48.2 to 57
55.7 to 62.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
19 to 21
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6