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AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8875 Steel

Both AISI 310 stainless steel and EN 1.8875 steel are iron alloys. They have 55% 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 310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8875 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 220
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34 to 45
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 280
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 470
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 710
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 350
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1040
420
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 15
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
3.2
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200 to 220
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 310
650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 25
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 17
19

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 48.2 to 57
93.6 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
0 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15