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AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI M10 Steel

Both AISI 301L stainless steel and SAE-AISI M10 steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M10 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1040
740 to 2170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1520
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1470
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
31
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
120
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
31
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 37
26 to 76
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 29
23 to 47
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
8.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
23 to 68

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.84 to 1.1
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
3.8 to 4.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
82.3 to 85.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.1 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
7.8 to 8.5
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.8 to 2.2

Comparable Variants