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AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. S31060 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 310 stainless steel and S31060 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S31060 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 220
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 34 to 45
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 280
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.27
Rockwell B Hardness 82
82
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
78
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 470
480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 710
680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 350
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1040
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200 to 220
260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 310
250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 25
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 17
15

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.25
0.050 to 0.1
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
22 to 24
Iron (Fe), % 48.2 to 57
61.4 to 67.8
Lanthanum (La), % 0
0 to 0.070
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
10 to 12.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.18 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030