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SAE-AISI 9310 Steel vs. AISI 446 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 9310 steel and AISI 446 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 SAE-AISI 9310 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 446 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 540 to 610
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 19
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300 to 390
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Rockwell B Hardness 240 to 270
84
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 570
360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 820 to 910
570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 570
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
1180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 48
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.7
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.9
2.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.4
12
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 24
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 57
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 150
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 540 to 860
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 32
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 27
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24 to 27
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.13
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 1.0 to 1.4
23 to 27
Iron (Fe), % 93.8 to 95.2
69.2 to 77
Manganese (Mn), % 0.45 to 0.65
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.080 to 0.15
0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.0 to 3.5
0 to 0.75
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.2 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.012
0 to 0.030