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AISI 310S Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6579 Steel

Both AISI 310S stainless steel and EN 1.6579 steel are iron alloys. They have 57% 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 310S stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6579 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 210
260 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34 to 44
11 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 280
380 to 570
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 710
850 to 980
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 350
600 to 910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
7.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
8.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
56

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
2.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200 to 220
100 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190 to 310
950 to 2210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 25
30 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
25 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 16
25 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.32 to 0.38
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
1.4 to 1.7
Iron (Fe), % 48.3 to 57
94.2 to 96.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
1.4 to 1.7
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants