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AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. S40910 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 310 stainless steel and S40910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S40910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 220
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34 to 45
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 280
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 82
76
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
75
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 470
270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 710
430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 350
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1040
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
94

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
11
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200 to 220
80
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 310
94
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 25
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 17
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
10.5 to 11.7
Iron (Fe), % 48.2 to 57
85 to 89.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.17
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.5