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SAE-AISI 9310 Steel vs. EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 9310 steel and EN 1.3956 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 62% 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 EN 1.3956 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 19
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300 to 390
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 820 to 910
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 570
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.4
22
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 24
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 57
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 150
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 540 to 860
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 32
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 27
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24 to 27
18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.13
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 1.0 to 1.4
20.5 to 23.5
Iron (Fe), % 93.8 to 95.2
51.9 to 62.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.45 to 0.65
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.080 to 0.15
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.0 to 3.5
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
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
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3