SAE-AISI 9310 Steel vs. AISI 384 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 9310 steel and AISI 384 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 9310 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 384 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 540 to 610 | |
| 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 820 to 910 | |
| 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.4 | |
| 20 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 3.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 57 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 32 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 27 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.8 to 95.2 | |
| 60.9 to 68 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |