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AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1040 Steel

Both AISI 310 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1040 steel are iron alloys. They have 54% 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 SAE-AISI 1040 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 220
160 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34 to 45
13 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 280
220 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 470
350 to 390
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 710
570 to 640
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 350
320 to 530

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1040
400
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
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200 to 220
79 to 96
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 310
270 to 760
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 25
20 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
19 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 17
18 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.25
0.37 to 0.44
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0
Iron (Fe), % 48.2 to 57
98.6 to 99.03
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.9
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050

Comparable Variants