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Grade VDC Steel vs. AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel

Both grade VDC steel and AISI 410Cb stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade VDC steel and the bottom bar is AISI 410Cb stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 510
200 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 50
50 to 51
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1700
550 to 960

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
730
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
27
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
29
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
97

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60
20 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
19 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
7.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 50
20 to 35

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.75
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
0
Iron (Fe), % 98.3 to 99.35
84.5 to 89
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.050 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030