AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 9310 Steel
Both AISI 304 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 9310 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 9310 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 360 | |
| 540 to 610 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 440 | |
| 300 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 510 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 820 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 450 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 4.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 120 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 540 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 29 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 24 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
| 93.8 to 95.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |