Grade 360 Molybdenum vs. AISI 410 Stainless Steel
Grade 360 molybdenum belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 410 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 360 molybdenum and the bottom bar is AISI 410 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 310 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.3 to 17 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 620 | |
| 520 to 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 530 | |
| 290 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 270 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 250 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.0 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 28 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 330 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 37 to 64 | |
| 97 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 450 | |
| 210 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 16 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 21 | |
| 18 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 83.5 to 88.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 99.9 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |