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AISI 310HCb Stainless Steel vs. AISI 445 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 310HCb stainless steel and AISI 445 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 310HCb stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 445 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 46
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 82
71
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
78
Shear Strength, MPa 410
310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590
480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 520
480
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
2.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 28
12
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 69
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
5.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.1
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
19 to 21
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.3 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 48 to 57
74.9 to 80.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
0 to 0.6
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 1.1
0 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.012