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AISI 304N Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 9310 Steel

Both AISI 304N stainless steel and SAE-AISI 9310 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304N stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 9310 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 360
540 to 610
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.1 to 45
17 to 19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 440
300 to 390
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 700
510 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1180
820 to 910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 850
450 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
48
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
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 98 to 280
120 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180 to 1830
540 to 860
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 42
29 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 32
25 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 26
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), % 66.4 to 73.9
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), % 0.1 to 0.16
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

Comparable Variants