MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AISI 431 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 9310 Steel

Both AISI 431 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 9310 steel are iron alloys. They have 85% 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 431 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 9310 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
540 to 610
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 15 to 17
17 to 19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 430 to 610
300 to 390
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 550 to 840
510 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 890 to 1380
820 to 910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 710 to 1040
450 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 850
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 26
48
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.6
7.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.0
8.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
4.4
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 31
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
57

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 180
120 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1270 to 2770
540 to 860
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 50
29 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 36
25 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 28 to 43
24 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0.080 to 0.13
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
1.0 to 1.4
Iron (Fe), % 78.2 to 83.8
93.8 to 95.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.45 to 0.65
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.080 to 0.15
Nickel (Ni), % 1.3 to 2.5
3.0 to 3.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.012