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AISI 310HCb Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4150 Steel

Both AISI 310HCb stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4150 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 (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 310HCb stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4150 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
200 to 380
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 46
12 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
260 to 780
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410
410 to 800
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590
660 to 1310
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
380 to 1220

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
42
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 28
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 69
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
82 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
380 to 3930
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
24 to 47
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
22 to 34
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
19 to 39

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.1
0.48 to 0.53
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0.8 to 1.1
Iron (Fe), % 48 to 57
96.7 to 97.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 1.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040