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Grade VDCrV Steel vs. AISI 310 Stainless Steel

Both grade VDCrV steel and AISI 310 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 54% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade VDCrV steel and the bottom bar is AISI 310 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 520
180 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1730
600 to 710

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
1040
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 49
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
25
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
4.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
61
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
190

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 61
21 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 41
20 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
3.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 51
14 to 17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.62 to 0.72
0 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.6
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.8 to 98.8
48.2 to 57
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
19 to 22
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.25
0